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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]
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 ...
The actual death toll is unknown, though it is thought to be at least 8,000. Thus, the 1900 Galveston hurricane was the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. [6] Property damage from the storm in Galveston alone was estimated at $30 million. [14]
The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900. Death Toll: 6,000–12,000. ... It was an expensive hurricane, causing extensive damage to Tyndall Air Force Base, as well as U.S. fighter jets, which cost $6 ...
Still, these rarely match the scale of historic large-scale disasters, such as the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and the Mississippi River floods of 1927 and 1993.
Shipping damage in Pensacola from 1906 hurricane. September 5, 1900 – The Great Galveston hurricane passes over or just to the west of the western Florida Keys as a tropical storm, producing tropical storm force winds throughout the state. Prior warning keeps nearly all ships in the state at port, and no damage is reported.
Damage Comments 6,000–12,000 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
The number of fatalities places this storm on the level with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and some researchers believe this storm was of equal intensity to the 1900 Galveston, Texas, hurricane ...