Isiphepho iBret

 isiphepho u-Bret kwaba esokuqala kweziyisihlanu zeSigaba 4 seziphepho ezavela ngesizini yesiphepho sase-Atlantic yango-1999 kanye nesishingishane sokuqala se-tropical kusukela iSiphepho u-Jerry ngo-1989 ukufikela e-Texas ngesikhathi kunesiphepho esinamandla.

 

Hurricane Bret was the first of five Category 4 hurricanes that developed during the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season and the first tropical cyclone since Hurricane Jerry in 1989 to make landfall in Texas at hurricane intensity. Forming from a tropical wave on August 18, Bret slowly organized within weak steering currents in the Bay of Campeche. By August 20, the storm began to track northward and underwent rapid intensification on August 21. After this period of strengthening, Bret attained its peak intensity with winds of Template:Convert/mph and a barometric pressure of 944 mbar (hPa; Template:Convert/mbar). Later that day, the storm weakened to a Category 3 hurricane and made landfall on Padre Island, Texas. Shortly thereafter, the storm weakened further, becoming a tropical depression 24 hours after moving inland. The remnants of the storm eventually dissipated early on August 26 over northern Mexico.