Hurricane Karl was notorious for being the most intense storm on record (and becoming one of the deadliest on record) before Hurricane Samuel, Typhoon Noelani, and Cylone (or Typhoon) Minnie formed. Harold was a Cape-Verde storm that made landfall on the Texas Coast with winds of 235 mph (380 km/h) and a pressure of 833 millibars (24.50 inHg), killing 84,000 in and around the Houston-Galveston region.