▁many ▁business es ▁closed . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁storm ▁moved ▁across ▁the ▁area , ▁wind s ▁were ▁estimated ▁at ▁ ▁in ▁Brow ns ville , ▁with ▁g ust s ▁to ▁. ▁High ▁t ides ▁were ▁reported ▁along ▁the ▁coast , ▁and ▁the ▁storm ▁sur ge ▁reached ▁ ▁near ▁Brow ns ville . ▁The ▁t ides ▁flo oded ▁port ions ▁of ▁Cor pus ▁Christ i ▁about ▁ ▁deep , ▁s inking ▁boats ▁and ▁dam aging ▁pi ers . ▁Storm - generated ▁waves ▁destroyed ▁ 2 0   build ings ▁in ▁one ▁settlement . ▁The ▁storm ▁destroyed ▁the ▁cause way ▁from ▁P adre ▁Island ▁to ▁Fl our ▁Bl uff , ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁over ▁ 4 0   bre aches ▁in ▁the ▁island , ▁some ▁up ▁to ▁a ▁mile ▁wide . ▁The ▁storm ▁dropped ▁heavy ▁ra inf all ▁from ▁southern ▁Texas ▁through ▁n ort he astern ▁Mexico , ▁pe aking ▁at ▁over ▁ ▁at ▁a ▁station ▁near ▁Mer cedes ; ▁the ▁total ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁four ▁ 2 4 ‑ hour ▁precip itation ▁records ▁set ▁by ▁the ▁storm . ▁The ▁ra ins ▁from ▁the ▁storm ▁and ▁two ▁previous ▁h urr ican es ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁large ▁increase ▁in ▁tropical ▁but ter fly ▁species ▁across ▁the ▁area . ▁Through out ▁the ▁Rio ▁Grande ▁Valley , ▁the ▁strong ▁wind s ▁destroyed ▁about ▁ 9 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁cit rus ▁c rop . ▁Over all , ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁left ▁$ 1 6 . 9   mill ion ▁in ▁damage ▁and ▁ 4 0   de