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  2. 1900 Galveston hurricane - Wikipedia

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    In 1915, a storm similar in strength and track to the 1900 hurricane struck Galveston. The 1915 storm brought storm surge up to 12 ft (3.7 m), testing the integrity of the new seawall. Although 53 people on Galveston Island lost their lives in the 1915 storm, this was a great reduction from the thousands who died in 1900. [ 144 ]

  3. 1900 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia

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    The 1900 Atlantic hurricane season was a below average hurricane season that featured the Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. A total of 10 tropical cyclones formed, seven of which intensified into a tropical storm. Three of those made landfall in the United States.

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    The number most cited in official reports is 8,000, giving the storm the third-highest number of casualties of any Atlantic hurricane, after the Great Hurricane of 1780, and 1998's Hurricane Mitch. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is to date the deadliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States.

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

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    Hurricane tracker: Tropical Storm Harold makes landfall in Texas in 2023. Follow its path. ... Maps show how many major hurricanes have hit each county along the U.S. coastline from 1900 to 2010 ...

  6. List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    Tracks of all known Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes between 1851 and 2024. Within the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator, hurricanes are officially monitored by the United States's National Hurricane Center (NHC), however, other meteorological services, such as Météo-France, the United Kingdom's Met Office and Environment Canada also monitor the basin.

  7. The worst hurricanes in Massachusetts history were ... - AOL

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    The worst hurricane in Massachusetts history was a Category 3 storm. Hurricane Milton is expected to be Category 4. The worst hurricanes in Massachusetts history were Category 3 storms.

  8. List of United States hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...

  9. Floods in the United States (1900–1999) - Wikipedia

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    Only 10 days later, the combination of a stalled frontal zone, strong dynamics aloft, and a hurricane moving up the East Coast led to excessive rainfall from North Carolina northward up the Eastern Seaboard between September 14 and 17, with amounts of near 508 mm (20.0 in) being reported near Wilmington, North Carolina, and 150–300 mm (5.9 ...