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The hurricane caused great loss of life, with a death toll of between 6,000 and 12,000 people; [31] the number most cited in official reports is 8,000, [26] [43] giving the storm the third-highest number of deaths of all Atlantic hurricanes, after the Great Hurricane of 1780 and Hurricane Mitch in 1998. [44]
English: On September 8, 1900, the deadliest hurricane in US history made landfall at Galveston, Texas. Winds reached a speed of 145 miles per hour, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 individuals out of Galveston's population of 37,000.
Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies is a 1900 black-and-white silent film depicting the destruction caused by the Galveston hurricane on September 8, 1900. The film was produced by Edison Studios. It depicts laborers clearing debris searching for dead bodies. A body was found during the search.
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]
Hurricane Agnes moved into the coast of the Florida panhandle as a weak hurricane. Weakening into a tropical depression over Georgia , a major trough in the Westerlies approached the cyclone, which subsequently strengthened Agnes over land back into a tropical storm in North Carolina , although it also developed a more western cyclone.
To many Texans, Indianola's story begins and ends with the big hurricanes of Sept. 17, 1875, and Aug. 4, 1886. The first almost completely destroyed the city, and the second, along with a fire ...
As we all begin to understand the full breadth of Hurricane Ian's devastation, we're hearing stories of survival and loved ones stuck in the midst of destruction.
He lost everything, all washed away by Hurricane Ian's storm surge. "I saw children jumping over the fence, shouting for help, people in the water with water up to their necks," said Mendoza.