Hurricane Beulah was the most notable Atlantic hurricane of 1967 . A Category 5 hurricane , it killed 58 and made $ 217 million ( $ 1.2 billion in 2005 US dollars ) in damage as it crossed the YucatÃ n Peninsula and then made landfall a second time near the mouth of the Rio Grande river . Ultimately , Hurricane Beulah caused 58 deaths and $ 217 million in damage ( $ 1.4 billion in 2010 USD ) .