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 ...

The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was by far America's deadliest, wiping out a booming city in southeast Texas. On Sept. 8, 1900, 125 years ago tonight, a Category 4 hurricane roared into Galveston ...

The 1900 Storm Memorial by David Moore sits atop the Galveston Seawall. In 1900, Galveston experienced what is still considered the deadliest natural disaster in American history when a category 4 ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — This year marks America’s 250th birthday, and we’re taking a closer look at how weather helped shape the nation we live in today. We’ll explore moments when storms, heat, cold, and even ...

In 1900, a 16-foot storm surge from a historic hurricane devastated Galveston. Now, 125 year later, the community wants to commemorate the thousands of victims and the enduring spirit of the city. To ...

There is a blog out there called 24/7Wall St., and it went out on the great search for web hits with a almost-scientific survey that produced a list of “America’s 10 Dead Cities.” Among them: Buffalo ...

For 125 years, Galveston has held the dubious honor of being the site of the nation's deadliest natural disaster: the devastating hurricane that came ashore on Sept. 8, 1900. Worse, at least some of ...