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The 1900 Galveston hurricane, [1] also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, [2] [3] is the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. [4]
At the time, Hurricane Alicia is the costliest hurricane to impact Texas, not adjusting for inflation. [1] High rainfall totals are reported across Southeast Texas, with a peak of 9.5 in (240 mm) of rain in Liberty. The peak wind gust in Galveston is 102 mph (164 km/h). [20]
The 1915 Galveston hurricane made landfall near San Luis Pass, Texas, along the end of West Bay, 26 mi (42 km) southwest of Galveston, [7] at 2 a.m. (07:00 UTC) on August 17. [1] Maximum sustained winds were estimated at 130 mph (210 km/h), making the storm a low-end Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. [52]
September 9, 1900 – The 1900 Galveston hurricane makes landfall on the southern end of Galveston Island as a Category 4 hurricane. [1] The storm kills an estimated 6,000–12,000 people, [ 2 ] making it the deadliest natural disaster in United States history; [ 3 ] much of the damage occurs in the port city of Galveston , which is largely ...
Isaac Monroe Cline (October 13, 1861 – August 3, 1955) was the chief meteorologist at the Galveston, Texas, office of the U.S. Weather Bureau, now known as the National Weather Service, from 1889 to 1901. In that role, he became a central figure in the devastating Galveston hurricane of 1900. The Isaac M. Cline Award, the NWS's highest honor ...
The 1900 Galveston hurricane was the deadliest hurricane in the history of the United States, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people. 2017s Hurricane Maria resulted in at least 2,982 fatalities. The 1928 Okeechobee hurricane caused at least 2,500 fatalities, and in 2005, Hurricane Katrina killed approximately 1,800 people.
Early Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center announced the system, just offshore of Lake Jackson and Galveston, continues to produce disorganized shower activity.
Isaac Monroe Cline (1861–1955) was the chief meteorologist at the Galveston, Texas office of the U.S. Weather Bureau from 1889 to 1901. Cline played an important role in influencing the storm's later destruction by authoring an article for the Galveston Daily News, in which he derided the idea of significant damage to Galveston from a hurricane as "a crazy idea".