<Li> August 23, 1996--Hurricane Dolly makes landfall near Tampico, Mexico . The storm causes beneficial rainfall in southern Texas, peaking at 5.53 in (140 mm) in Corpus Christi, providing drought relief to the area . </Li> <Li> October 4, 1996--Tropical Storm Josephine forms just offshore of the Texas coast, bringing heavy rain to the state . Rainfall peaks at 10.81 in (275 mm) in Brownsville . The storm, although remaining offshore, causes severe beach erosion across much of the coast . Several houses are lost and up to 65 ft (20 m) of shore - front property on Galveston Island is eroded . </Li> <Li> August 23, 1998--Tropical Storm Charley makes landfall near Port Aransas . Severe inland flooding occurs in Val Verde Country and 13 people are killed . Del Rio records 17 in (430 mm) of rain in 24 hours from the storm, a city record and the most rainfall from a tropical cyclone in Texas since Tropical Storm Claudette in 1979 . </Li> <Li> September 11, 1998--Tropical Storm Frances makes landfall north of Corpus Christi on September 11 as a moderately strong tropical storm . Rainfall causes large amounts of flooding in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana, peaking at 21.76 in (553 mm) in Goose Creek . As a result of the rains, many rivers and bayous overflow . Due to the storm, tides are 5 ft (1.5 m) above average . Frances causes an estimated total of $500 million in property damage . </Li>

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