A house tipped over as a result of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, which made landfall in
Galveston, Texas, 110 years ago today. The
Category 4hurricane was responsible for approximately 8,000 deaths, making it the deadliest
natural disaster to strike the United States to date (in comparison, 1,800 people died as a result of
Hurricane Katrina). After striking Galveston, the storm blew northward to the
Great Lakes, then headed eastward just north of
Halifax, Nova Scotia, before disappearing into the Atlantic Ocean.Photo: Griffith & Griffith; Restoration:
Lise Broer