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However, itemized estimates from 1901 based on assessments conducted by the Galveston News, the Galveston chamber of commerce, a relief committee, and multiple insurance companies indicated that the storm caused just over $17 million in damage throughout Galveston, including about $8.44 million to residential properties, $500,000 to churches ...
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 ...
During the snow, people took pictures of the snowy scene next to the statue memorializing the 1900 Galveston hurricane, known as the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.
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.
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 ...
The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900. Death Toll: 6,000–12,000. Financial Impact: Estimated $30 million at the time (~$700 million adjusted for inflation) At the time, 38,000 people lived in ...
2 1900–1949. 3 1950–1979. 4 1980–present. 5 See also. 6 References. ... It is the U.S. state with the second-most hurricanes affecting it, only behind Florida. [1]
Location 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