. Red Army soldiers on the counterattack during the Battle of Stalingrad February 1943, 143 Ana Hernandez Luna Democratic 2006 East Houston within Loop 610 Houston Ship Channel Galena Park Jacinto City northern Pasadena. . The economy which had experienced significant recovery since the Civil War was dealt a double blow by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl After the Stock Market Crash of 1929 the economy suffered significant reversals Thousands of city workers became unemployed many of whom depended on federal relief programs such as FERA WPA and CCC Thousands of unemployed Mexican citizens received one-way bus tickets to their home villages in Mexico, 5.3 Administrative divisions with Texas and U.S ranks, Southeast Texas is vulnerable to hurricanes Major hurricanes that have severely affected the area in the 21st century include Hurricane Rita in 2005; Hurricane Ike which passed over much of Houston and surrounding areas in 2008; and Hurricane Harvey which inundated Southeast Texas in 2017 Weaker storms strike the area routinely Some like Tropical Storm Allison and Tropical Storm Claudette have caused considerable damage!
. Horace Chilton born near Tyler Smith County Seabrook (some water surface in Chambers County) 1880 1,591,749 94.5% 6 Impact; . 7.2 Pop In August 2005 Houston became a shelter to more than 150,000 people from New Orleans who evacuated from Hurricane Katrina. One month later about 2.5 million Houston-area residents evacuated when Hurricane Rita approached the Gulf Coast leaving little damage to the Houston area This was the largest urban evacuation in the history of the United States in September 2008 Houston was hit by Hurricane Ike As many as 40% of residents refused to leave Galveston Island because they feared the type of traffic problems that had happened after Hurricane Rita.
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