Top 10 deadliest hurricanes in a century (7)

（China.org.cn）  16:41, November 05, 2012

Top 4: Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (加尔维斯顿飓风)

Time: Aug. 27– Sep. 15, 1900

Areas: Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Eastern Canada

Fatalities: 8,000 –12,000

Damage: US$20 million (1900 USD)

The 1900 Galveston Hurricane is known as one of the gravest natural disasters to ever strike the United States. On September 8, 1900, it made landfall in the city of Galveston, Texas, with estimated winds of 145 mph (233 km/h), making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale.