Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Bertha was one of only three tropical cyclones to make landfall on both Louisiana and Texas ; the others being Allison in 2001 and Fern in 1971 .
Simplified: Bertha was only one of three storms to make landfall in both Texas and Louisiana , the other two were Allison in 2001 and Fern in 1971 .