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USA: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane. Galveston flood, Sept., 1900--Commissary Department , 1900 The Hurricane of 1900 made
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USA: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane. Galveston flood, Sept., 1900--Commissary Department , 1900 The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on September 8, 1900, in the city of Galveston, Texas, in the United States. It had estimated winds of 145 miles per hour 233 km/h at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale. It was the deadliest hurricane in US history.br/br/ The hurricane caused great loss of life with the estimated death toll between 6,000 and 12,000 individuals the number most cited in official reports is 8,000, giving the storm the third-highest number of deaths or injuries of any Atlantic hurricane, after the Great Hurricane of 1780 and 1998 s Hurricane Mitch. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 i Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
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IMAGO/CPA Media
Date
01 janv. 1900
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Photo12/Imago
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MGO25A08_494
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Non
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Droits gérés
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50,2Mo (1,4Mo) / 34,7cm x 36,3cm / 4100 x 4282 (300dpi)