Read current storm advisory Building-code shift may reduce hurricane losses Associated Press Special safety glass windows in a new home frame a neighboring house under construction using new building codes in League City, Texas Special metal straps can be seen on the framing of the house. The code is designed to reduce property losses from a hurricane by at least 50 percent while only slightly adding to construction costs. Maximum sustained winds are between 74 and 95 miles per hour.
Minimal damage is done to building structures.
Damage is primarily to unanchored mobile homes, shrubbery and trees. Some coastal road flooding and minor pier damage are expected. Maximum sustained winds are between 96 and 110 miles per hour. Some roofing material, door and window damage is done to buildings. Considerable damage to vegetation, mobile homes and piers is expected.