The strongest storm of the 1900 Atlantic hurricane season, it left between 6,000 and 12,000 fatalities in the United States the number most cited in official reports is 8,000. The 1900 Galveston hurricane, also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, is the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. Part of the 1900 Atlantic hurricane season Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles ( Dominican Republic and Cuba landfalls), Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Gulf Coast of the United States ( Texas landfall), Midwestern United States, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Eastern Canada
history fourth-deadliest Atlantic hurricane) Surface weather analysis of the hurricane on September 8, just before landfall.
