GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Monday, Sept. 8th marked 125 years since a massive hurricane hit Galveston Island. The storm was equivalent to what would be a present-day Category 4 hurricane. To this day, ...
GALVESTON, Texas – A Guinness World Record title could be coming to Galveston Island. The title for world record is for a rather... quirky... reason. “We’re ...
Before the Great Storm of 1900 — which made its Texas landfall 125 years ago Monday — Galveston had become one of the busiest ports in North America with electric streetlights, grand hotels, and ...
On Sept. 8, 1900, the deadliest U.S. hurricane and natural disaster made landfall at Galveston, Texas. Storms weren't named in those days, but it became known as the "Great Galveston Hurricane" after ...
(The Center Square) – Hope remains 125 years after the Great Storm of 1900 decimated Galveston Island. On Sept. 8, 1900, a massive hurricane tore through Galveston, creating an estimated $30 million ...
In 1900, Isaac Cline's bold decision to issue early hurricane warnings in Galveston likely saved thousands, yet the storm claimed up to 8,000 lives.
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Meteorologist Matt Lanza explained how word spread about the storm at the time and its trajectory. Meteorologist Matt Lanza spoke about the September ...
It's been 125 years since the deadliest hurricane in U.S. History decimated Galveston. But what was Galveston really like before the storm, and what can we learn from the survivors? Two authors join ...
Galveston, which went from one of the nation's most prosperous Southern ports to a waterlogged pile of ruins literally overnight, has been reckoning with the storm ever since. It gave Houston an ...