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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]
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]
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.
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.
1900 Hurricane: 6,000 – 12,000 $35.4 million; 1.097 billion (2020 USD) Galveston Hurricane of 1900: Texas: Fatalities estimated – remains deadliest natural disaster in North American history. 1896 Tornado: 255–400 $10 million ($307 million in 2019) St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado: Missouri: 1894 Wildfire: 418 $73 million Great Hinckley ...
1900 1900 Galveston hurricane: Tropical cyclone Texas: $34,000,000 (1900) 5,000 1936 1936 North American heat wave: Heat wave United States, Canada 4,000+ 1862 Great Flood of 1862: Flood Western United States: $100,000,000 (1862) 3,389 1899 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane: Tropical cyclone Puerto Rico, East Coast of the United States: $20,000,000 ...
1900 6,000–12,000 1900 Galveston hurricane: United States Tropical cyclone September 9 1901 9,500 1901 eastern United States heat wave: United States Heat wave June–July 1902 29,000 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: Martinique Volcanic eruption April–August 1903 3,500 1903 Manzikert earthquake: Turkey Earthquake April 29 1904 400
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 ...