Read on for more Times-Picayune photos of the hurricane and its aftermath. Hurricane Audrey's destruction has not been forgotten. This storm struck Louisiana and Texas, killing more than 500.This hurricane was a very powerful category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale

Audrey is the strongest June hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, tied with Hurricane Alex of 2010. Audrey was the only storm to reach Category 4 status in June.
In fact, Audrey reached category 3 status before making landfall with sustained winds rising to 125 mph and a central pressure that plunged to 946 millibars. Hurricane Audrey was the season's most destructive and deadly storm, causing 416 deaths and about $150 million in damages.

Although it was the 1957 season’s first hurricane, many gulf-coast residents received news of its sudden inception with an odd … Hurricane Audrey was the most powerful June hurricane in the recorded history of the Atlantic since record keeping began. A hurricane differs from a … Hurricane Ike produced a damaging, destructive and deadly storm surge across the upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coasts, and will likely end up being the third costliest natural disaster in the United States behind Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Andrew.

An Atlantic hurricane or tropical storm is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean, usually between the months of June and November.


This hurricane was a very powerful Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

A powerful hurricane, Audrey caused catastrophic damage across eastern Texas and western Louisiana. Audrey became the strongest hurricane on record for the month of June upon landfall, as it reached category four strength. Audrey made landfall just east of Sabine Pass, Texas, in the U.S. state of Louisiana as a strong Category 3 hurricane in late June.

Nowadays, when the people of New Orleans think of devastating hurricanes they think of Katrina, but before 2005, the most notorious storm name in Louisiana was Audrey. Note: This story initially was published in 2017. Its acceleration was unanticipated, and despite hurricane warnings in place, 418 people perished in the storm, mainly across southwest Louisiana. Audrey originated over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, 350 miles (563 km) southeast of Brownsville, Texas, on June 25. The U.S. National Hurricane Center classifies hurricanes of Category 3 and above as major hurricanes, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center classifies typhoons of 150 mph or greater (strong Category 4 and Category 5) as super typhoons (although all tropical cyclones can be very dangerous). Audrey became a Category 4 hurricane with top winds of 150 mph, making landfall near Sabine Pass on the Texas-Louisiana border on June 27.

Ike was a category 2 hurricane at landfall with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.