11K views · 178 reactions | The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is the deadliest natural disaster in America's history. Many believe the ghosts of those who passed still haunt this city... | The Weather Channel | Facebook

Did you know that some of the first film footage after a disaster was taken in Galveston by Thomas Edison's crew after the Storm of 1900? Here is some of the original footage of the Tremont House after that devastating event. | The Bryan Museum - Galveston

The 1974 Atlantic hurricane season delivered two catastrophic storms that exposed critical vulnerabilities in Central American infrastructure and disaster preparedness. Hurricane Fifi killed at least 8,210 people in Honduras—making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since the 1900 Galveston disaster—when torrential rainfall triggered devastating floods that destroyed banana crops and left 150,000 homeless. Hurricane Carmen struck twice at Category 3-4 intensity, first devastating Mexico's Yucat