The Great Storm of 1900 slammed into Galveston on Sept. 8, 1900 without warning, killing at least 6,000 people and changing the island forever.

At a summertime party, my dinner companion turned out to be none other than the incomparable Barbara Sealy Mallory Hathaway, one of my favorite people, whom everyone calls “Bunny.” At s… ...

It is a curious feature of the Galveston hurricane that, like the great hurricane of September, 1889, which devastated Vera Cruz, it did not follow the course of the Gulf Stream, ...

The loss of life is unimaginable. While we are still grappling with what happened, it’s important to understand the historic ...

Great Galveston Hurricane On Sept. 8, 1900, the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history ripped through Galveston, Texas. The Category 4 hurricane saw storm surges of 8 to 15 feet, and winds up to 140 mph.

GREAT DISASTER AT GALVESTON; Deaths May Be Over 2,600 ... After remaining through the hurricane of Saturday he departed from Galveston on a schooner and came across the bay to Morgan's Point, ...

The Great Galveston Hurricane is known as the deadliest weather disaster in United States history, killing at least 8,000 people, with some estimates as high as 12,000 people.

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reflects on the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the deadliest in U.S. history. As hurricane season nears, he notes that the storm ...

Peak hurricane season on the Texas Gulf Coast occurs in August and September -- the 1900 storm struck in September, as did 2008's Hurricane Ike -- but the official season is much longer, from June ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On Sept. 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall along the east end of Galveston Island, packing winds up to 110 mph and a storm surge that reached 17 feet.

Storms were also sometimes known by the name of a place they hit, like the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. Why do hurricanes have names? Using names helps meteorologists — and the public ...