NOAA20 VIIRS VISIBLE IMAGE OF BETA AT 1906 UTC 20 SEP 2020. IMAGE COURTESY OF NASA WORLDVIEW. Beta was a slow-moving tropical storm over the western Gulf of Mexico and the western Gulf coast states. It brought heavy rains and minor damage to portions of southeastern Texas.

Is Beta a hurricane?

Beta was the twenty-fourth tropical storm, fourteenth hurricane, and seventh and final major hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. ... Beta underwent rapid intensification for several hours to attain its peak intensity with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) on October 30.

What was the worst hurricane in 2020?

Hurricane Laura was the strongest and most damaging landfalling U.S. hurricane of 2020, hitting southwestern Louisiana as a category 4 storm with 150 mph winds on August 27.