The Gulf Coast of the United States, also known as the Gulf South or the South Coast, is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico. The coastal states that have
Houston is the largest city and urban area along the Gulf Coast.
Night time astronaut image of the northern Gulf coast, specifically the Mississippi river delta and southern Louisiana.
Hurricane Katrina
I-45 and I-10/U.S. 90 near Downtown Houston
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
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