Hurricane Preparation

Tropical Storm Bertha dissipated over Texas on July 23, 2026, and Bay City and Southeast Texas were fortunate to largely avoid its direct impact. Bertha serves as a timely reminder at the start of peak hurricane season, when Matagorda County faces its highest risk from August through October. Hurricane Beryl's July 2024 landfall near Matagorda provided harder lessons. That storm knocked out power across the region for days, stranded operations without fuel, and cost businesse