On Sept. 8, 1900, the Galveston Hurricane struck Texas, putting the entire city at risk. Thousands lost their lives as a result of the storm. Of those who survived, many were left without a home.

A 1900 hurricane that left at least 6,000 people dead has had a long-lasting impact on Galveston, Texas. Paul Burka, a Galveston native who is senior executive editor of Texas Monthly, tells Scott ...

Recalling Galveston's Hurricane Of 1900 Host Liane Hansen speaks with Merri Edwards, a Hurricane Ike evacuee from Galveston, Texas. Edwards is also an historian who has worked with the Galveston ...

A professor of history at the University of North Texas and co-author of the book "Galveston and the 1900 Storm" discusses the devastating hurricane in 1900 that nearly wiped Galveston, Texas off ...

The Galveston Hurricane and Harvey are similar in many respects. Both were Category 4 hurricanes when they made landfall. Harvey’s sustained winds at landfall were 130 mph; Galveston’s are ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- September 8 marks the somber anniversary of the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. The category 4 hurricane made landfall on the island, taking the lives of at least ...

With a novelized narrative full of images so vivid they linger into dreams, Larson tells the story of the catastrophic hurricane that struck Galveston on Sept. 8, 1900, killing at least 8,000 people.

(Hurricane Katrina, by comparison, claimed around 1,500 lives.) The 16 ships in Galveston’s harbor, three miles from the sea, were tossed about like so many children’s blocks; bridges to the ...

Waves crash into the Galveston seawall during Hurricane Ike in 2008 by the memorial to the 8,000-plus who died in Galveston's 1900 Hurricane. Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle ...