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Hours removed from sunny, peaceful skies, the hurricane that destroyed Galveston on Sept. 8, 1900 still stands as the ...

The Galveston storm remains, by a wide margin, the deadliest weather disaster in U.S. history. At least 8,000 people died on ...

Waves crash into the Galveston seawall during Hurricane Ike in 2008 by the memorial to the 8,000-plus who died in Galveston's 1900 Hurricane.

Although hurricanes occur naturally, climate change is exacerbating the strength of these tropical systems, adding “fuel” to ...

For residents of Galveston in the year 1900, there was little in the way of warning on that day in September when the Great Galveston Hurricane washed ashore, the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.

GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- Today is the 100 year anniversary of the 1915 Galveston Hurricane, which made landfall at category 4 wind strength with winds of 135 mph. Survivors of the 1900 hurricane ...

Even the 1900 Galveston hurricane. Since 1850, more than 50 hurricanes have made landfall in the Lone Star State, and that’s not including more than 50 tropical storms and depressions.

The Boyt-Maxwell family still owns the lighthouse and chartered a nonprofit to raise $2.5 million and oversee its preservation. The Bolivar Point Lighthouse Foundation has already repainted the tower ...