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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S8 Ep12 "Devastation Unleashed: The Galveston Hurricane of 1900"
Description: By the end of the 19th century, the city of Galveston, located on a barrier island off the southeast coast of Texas, had become a thriving commercial center and one of the busiest ports in the United States.
Sadly, that all changed on September 8th 1900, when a catastrophic hurricane roared into Galveston from the Gulf of Mexico with heavy rain, powerful winds and a deadly storm surge. The storm resulted in the deaths of between six and eight thousand people and the destruction of thousands of homes and businesses.
In this episode of Your History...