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.

Local residents still refer to the hurricane as the “1900 Storm” or “The Great Storm,” and it’s still the worst natural disaster to ever visit the United States. By today’s standards ...

The Great Galveston Storm of 1900 destroyed two-thirds of the Texas city and heavily damaged surviving structures. It remains the most deadly natural disaster and worst hurricane in U.S. history.

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

Galveston boasts one of the country's top beaches for family vacations, but there are a few things to know about hurricane season before planning your trip.

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, but curved ...

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 ...

It has been 15 years since Hurricane Ike made landfall, claiming dozens of lives and causing billions of dollars in damage in Southeast Texas. ABC13 looks back on what we've learned from it.

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.

The Great Galveston Hurricane, also called the Great Storm of 1900, claimed the lives of 8,000, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and left over 10,000 homeless.

GREAT DISASTER AT GALVESTON; Deaths May Be Over 2,600 -- 4,000 Houses Ruined. A HEAVY PROPERTY LOSS Storm Forced Hugh Waves Over the Island. Water Six Feet Deep in the Streets -- Many Smaller ...

For hundreds of years, storms were named after saint days. 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?