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 ...

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 ...

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.

In the aftermath of the 2025 Texas floods, a look back at some of the most destructive and defining flood events in the state ...

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.

GALVESTON, Texas — Galveston was known as the grandest city in Texas at the dawn of the 20th century. But with the arrival of the hurricane on Sept. 8, 1900, the city would struggle to ever ...

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 ...

It is a curious feature of the Galveston hurricane that, like the great hurricane of September, 1889, which devastated Vera Cruz, it did not follow the course of the Gulf Stream, but curved ...

While many questions remain unanswered, and communities across the state are only in the beginning stages of recovery, it is ...

The Galveston hurricane of 1900—or just the Storm, as many islanders usually refer to it nowadays—has inspired no shortage of books, including Erik Larson's superb 1999 nonfiction bestseller ...

The US's deadliest hurricane hit Galveston in 1900. Here’s what it tells us about restricting NOAA. By Sarah Smith, Senior Storyteller Feb 9, 2025.