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| Title: |
HURRICANE STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GALVESTON, TEXAS |
| Caption: |
An estimated 65,500 residents live on Galveston Island, a Gulf of Mexico barrier island south of Houston, Texas. These before (a) and after (b) images of part of the island show flooding that will occur when a 5.8 m (19 ft.) storm surge hits the island from the next Category 5 hurricane. In 1900, catastrophic storm-surge flooding by a Category 4 hurricane drowned over 6000 people in the most deadly natural disaster in United States history. (Center for Space Research and Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin) |
| Keywords: |
atmosphere, hurricanes, winds, floods, flooding, oceans, storm surges |
