Cause And Effect Of Hurricane Galveston

The United States Of America’s second most deadliest storm. Galveston originated as a tropical storm in the central Atlantic Ocean. The storm made a path south of Hispaniola. 6 days later the storm continued a path over Cuba, during this time the storm remained in it’s tropical storm phase. The storm reached hurricane state near Key West, Florida. Galveston continued from Florida up the Gulf of Mexico through Texas and Louisiana.It finally made landfall in Galevstone,Texas on September 8,1900.Gavelstone was also named on September 8,1900, it was obviously named after the city that it made landfall in (Gavelstone).After hitting Texas and Louisiana, The storm returned to pass state as a tropical storm. In its tropical storm phase, it traveled all the way up to Oklahoma ,then through the great lakes and st. lawrence and back out into the north atlantic.
The following states were affected by hurricane Galveston : Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas. There was a devastating amount of destruction dealt out by hurricane Galveston.This hurricane travelled at over 120 mph but, strangely everyone was glad at the storms speeds because if the storm moved any slower it would have cause even more damage adding to its already enormous tolls .Over thirty-six homes were destroyed by galveston and cost the US almost $30 million in damages ,nowadays that would be $500 million-$1 billion .There were 2,600 buildings destroyed in this storm that left 10,000 men and women homeless. Many lives were lost to this storm, 8,000 to 12,000 lives were believed to have been lost to this storm. Although this storm this storm did reach many places, Most of this death toll is believed to have been in the Galveston