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How the Great Storm of 1900 ruined Galveston – and how the city's resilience redefined it

Before the Great Storm of 1900 - which made its Texas landfall 125 years ago Monday - Galveston had become one of the busiest ports in North America with electric streetlights, grand hotels, and ...
RTÉ Ireland

A short history of destructive Irish storms

Let's look at a few cases from the historical record of severe storms. The Annals of Four Masters reported a storm in December 1121, which caused great destruction of trees throughout Ireland. The ...
People

Forecasters Had No 'Inkling' That Severe Weather Was Coming Their Way. It Was the Worst Storm to Hit in Nearly 300 Years

“It had to be a sort of by guess or by God type of thing," said Peter Garner, meteorologist with the Met Office, the U.K.'s national meteorological service Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and ...
Click2Houston

Galveston Island to attempt Guinness World Record while honoring victims of 1900 ‘Great Storm’

GALVESTON, Texas – A Guinness World Record title could be coming to Galveston Island. The title for world record is for a rather... quirky... reason. “We’re ...
AOL

Jamaica has a rich hurricane history but has avoided most powerful storms

The island nation of Jamaica is no stranger to hurricanes, with dozens of storms tracking over or near the island throughout recorded history. Melissa is currently forecast to make landfall on the ...