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The List of Texas hurricanes from 1900 to 1949 encompasses 47 tropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of Texas. The season with the most storms to affect the state was the 1933 Atlantic hurricane season , when five storms affected Texas.
The Great Galveston hurricane made landfall on September 8, 1900, near Galveston, Texas. It had estimated winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) at landfall, making the cyclone a Category 4 storm on the modern day Saffir–Simpson scale . [ 5 ]
Many of the below locations survived the Galveston hurricane of 1900 while all former listings were victims of later hurricanes. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024. [1]
The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900. Death Toll: 6,000–12,000. Financial Impact: Estimated $30 million at the time (~$700 million adjusted for inflation) At the time, 38,000 people lived in ...
Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (Category 4): Death toll between 8,000 and 12,000, named the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history Hurricane Audrey (1957, Category 4 ): 416 Galveston Hurricane of 1915 ...
Pages in category "Galveston Hurricane of 1900" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
1 Pre-1900. 2 1900–1949. 3 1950–1979. 4 1980–present. 5 See also. 6 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... The state of Texas has had many hurricanes ...
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.