The 1900 Atlantic hurricane season was a below average yet incredibly devastating hurricane season which featured the Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in the United States history.
Damage from the 1900 Galveston hurricane in Galveston, Texas
Surface weather analysis on September 13, 1900, showing three Atlantic tropical cyclones active simultaneously, with the extratropical remnants of the Galveston hurricane (top) southeast of Newfoundland and moving into the North Atlantic Ocean
1900 Galveston hurricane
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The 1900 Galveston hurricane was a catastrophic tropical cyclone that became the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. The strongest storm of the 1900 Atlantic hurricane seas
1900 Atlantic hurricane season
…The 1900 Atlantic hurricane season was a below average yet incredibly devastating hurricane season which featured the Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in the United States history. A total of 10 tropical cyclones formed, seven of which intensified into a tropical storm…
Hurricane track from September 1 to 10
Floating wreckage near Texas City – typical scene for miles along the waterfront
Many who died had their corpses piled onto carts for burial at sea.
A plaque placed on buildings in Galveston to indicate which structures survived the 1900 hurricane