1900 Galveston hurricane

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The 1900 Galveston hurricane was a catastrophic Category 4 storm that struck Galveston, Texas, and remains the deadliest natural disaster in United States history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Category 4 Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
tropical cyclone ⓘ
affectedArea Atlantic Canada ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Galveston, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Galveston

Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
Houston, Texas region ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Galveston hurricane of 1900 ⓘ
Great Galveston hurricane ⓘ
basin Atlantic hurricane basin ⓘ
consequence construction of the Galveston Seawall ⓘ
economic decline of Galveston as a major port ⓘ
raising of Galveston Island’s grade ⓘ
rise of Houston as a major Gulf Coast port ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
damage approximately 20 million US dollars (1900) ⓘ
damageAdjusted several billion US dollars (modern value) ⓘ
deadliestIn history of the United States ⓘ
deathToll 6000–12000 ⓘ
dissipatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
endDate 1900-09-12 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths 8000 ⓘ
formedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasWikipediaArticle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Galveston_hurricane ⓘ
historicalPeriod Progressive Era in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era
impactOnPopulation large-scale displacement of Galveston residents ⓘ
landfallDate 1900-09-08 ⓘ
location Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Galveston, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Galveston

Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
madeLandfallIn Galveston Island ⓘ
linked to: Galveston

Texas ⓘ
United States ⓘ
maximumCategory Category 4 ⓘ
memorializedBy Galveston 1900 Storm Memorial ⓘ
meteorologicalAgency United States Weather Bureau ⓘ
notableFor being the deadliest natural disaster in United States history ⓘ
devastating storm surge that inundated Galveston Island ⓘ
partOf 1900 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
startDate 1900-08-27 ⓘ
stormSurgeHeight 12–15 feet ⓘ
warningSystem limited and inadequate hurricane warnings ⓘ
windSpeed approximately 145 mph ⓘ
windSpeedCategory Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Galveston → knownFor → 1900 Galveston hurricane ⓘ
Galveston → event → 1900 Galveston hurricane ⓘ
1900 Galveston hurricane → alsoKnownAs → Great Galveston hurricane ⓘ
linked to: 1900 Galveston hurricane
1900 Galveston hurricane → alsoKnownAs → Galveston hurricane of 1900 ⓘ
linked to: 1900 Galveston hurricane
Galveston Seawall → wasBuiltAfter → 1900 Galveston hurricane ⓘ
Galveston 1900 Storm Memorial → commemorates → 1900 Galveston hurricane ⓘ
Bishop's Palace (Galveston) → survivedEvent → 1900 Galveston hurricane ⓘ
Moody Mansion (Galveston) → survivedEvent → 1900 Galveston hurricane ⓘ