RELATED: ON THIS DAY: September 8, 1900 — Nation's deadliest natural disaster occurs with 'Great Galveston Hurricane' ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Monday, Sept. 8th marked 125 years since a massive hurricane hit Galveston Island. The storm was equivalent to what would be a present-day Category 4 hurricane. To this day, ...

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 ...

As we near the peak of hurricane season, it was 125 years ago that Texas’s history was altered forever due to a massive, historic storm. In 1900, Galveston was a major hub of economic and commercial ...

GALVESTON, Texas - A sea wall rising 16 feet above the glistening Gulf of Mexico stands as a reminder of the 1900 hurricane that killed 8,000 residents and destroyed this island, transforming it from ...

Severe weather can target any part of the globe, but each year the Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, storm surge and sometimes catastrophic devastation to locations from the ...