| GALVESTON | Coastal city in SE Texas, US famously struck by a hurricane in 1900 |
| NED | Only Springfield resident whose house is destroyed by a hurricane, in an episode of The Simpsons |
| HOUSTON | City in SE Texas (7) |
| CHRISTI | see 12ac, Coastal city in southeast Texas housing an international airport |
| CORPUS | Coastal city in southeast Texas housing an international airport (6,7) |
| RUSHINGWATERS | 2016 book by Danielle Steel about six people who come together during a Hurricane in New York City: 2 wds. |
| FISH | Surname of Michael. BBC weatherman who failed to predict a hurricane in 1987 (4) |
| OPHELIA | Floodlights at Holywood RFC in Northern Ireland were blown down by Hurricane - - - in 2017 (7) |
| OILLAMP | 10 pm and all is shattered by a hurricane (3,4) |
| LIL | ___ Baby (rapper who won a Grammy for "Hurricane" in 2022) |
| AMARILLO | Industrial city in NW Texas, US associated with oil refining (8) |
| WICHITA | City in N Texas, US, south of Sheppard Air Force Base (7,5) |
| WACO | City in east-central Texas, US, on the Brazos River |
| ELPASO | City in Texas, US, on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (2,4) |
| ABILENE | University city in central Texas, US associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries (7) |
| FALLS | City in N Texas, US, south of Sheppard Air Force Base (7,5) |
| DRESDEN | Industrial city in SE Germany almost destroyed by Allied bombing in 1945 (7) |
| UXMAL | Ancient ruined city in SE Mexico, in Yucatan: a center of later Mayan civilization. (5) |
| ANNARBOR | Rana, born perhaps in a city in SE Michigan (3,5) |
| INLAND | Less likely to be hit by a hurricane |
