When the Galveston County Daily News supported the Lost Coppini Statue Project with a December 2017 editorial, one reader pointed out that Galveston already has a memorial to the 1900 Storm.

GALVESTON —More than 5 million tourists per year were visiting this island city before Hurricane Ike wiped away its beaches and drowned some of its most important tourist attractions Sept. 13 ...

A former Texas newsman, Rather first gained national attention covering Hurricane Carla on the Gulf Coast in 1961. Today, Galveston’s first storm memorial statue will be dedicated along the sea ...

Galveston Two drown at Galveston beaches amid rip currents over Memorial Day weekend. Beach officials said conditions from the weekend were the “ultimate storm,” in terms of rip currents in ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Galveston police are expecting hundreds of thousands of people to head to the island for Memorial Day weekend. Officials have made some changes to the traffic plans, so ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Galveston was known as the grandest city in Texas at the dawn of the 20th century. But with the arrival of the hurricane on Sept. 8, 1900, the city would struggle to ever ...

GALVESTON, Texas — What started as ideal beach weather on Memorial Day quickly turned stormy as rain swept through Galveston Island. By 3 p.m., beach patrol began clearing visitors from the ...

Visit Galveston anticipates 500,000 people could head to the island for the unofficial start to summer, but tourists won't just be competing with crowds for beach space. On Friday, the signs of ...

On Sept. 8, 1900, the Galveston Hurricane struck Texas, putting the entire city at risk. Thousands lost their lives as a result of the storm. Of those who survived, many were left without a home.

Icicles hang down from a vehicle during an icy winter storm on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 in Galveston. ... People walk past the 1900 Storm memorial sculpture on Seawall Blvd. during an icy winter ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Yellow warning flags flew on Memorial Day on Galveston beaches whereas red ones did all weekend as summer unofficially started on the island. "We expect about 500 thousand ...

No such OK was ever given for the storm bearing down on Galveston. In 1900, the Weather Bureau was in its early days, and only recently separated from the Army’s Signal Corps.