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The Weather Bureau chief in charge of Cuba “saw conspiracies everywhere,” wrote Erik Larson in his 2000 book "Isaac’s Storm," which chronicles the lead-up to the 1900 Galveston hurricane and ...
the storm surge is the most dangerous part of a hurricane's hazards. The high death tolls of the ten deadliest U.S. hurricane disasters, including the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (over 8,000 ...
Hurricane Beryl hit ... between Corpus Christi and Galveston — at around 4:00 a.m. CDT with "maximum sustained winds of 80mph." "Life-threatening storm surge and strong winds are occurring ...