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  2. 1900 Galveston hurricane - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  3. List of Texas hurricanes (1900–1949) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. The Most Devastating Hurricanes to Ever Hit the U.S. - AOL

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    The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900. Death Toll: 6,000–12,000. ... Florida, but the worst damage was at Lake Okeechobee, where winds of 162 mph caused storm surges up to 9 feet.

  5. List of United States hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Where do most hurricanes hit in Texas? See storm strikes by ...

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    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 ...

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Galveston ...

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    Location of Galveston County in Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Galveston County, Texas. There are 10 districts, 73 individual properties, and four former properties listed on the National Register in the county.

  8. 1900 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia

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    However, the Galveston hurricane was surpassed in 1998 by Hurricane Mitch, which caused more than 11,000 fatalities in Central America. [7] The storm was also among the deadliest in Canada, where at least 102 people were killed. [8] [9] Few other tropical cyclones during the 1900 Atlantic hurricane season caused any damage or fatalities. [10]

  9. List of Florida hurricanes (1900–1949) - Wikipedia

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    It is considered among the worst cyclones on record at Pensacola, where high tides cause severe shipping damage. The hurricane results in 32 casualties and $3.4 million in damage (1906 USD, $81 million 2008 USD). [10] Hundreds of workers on the Florida East Coast Railway are lost when a hurricane moves through the region in 1906