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ShareThe Galveston Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900.
It had estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (215 km/h) at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
The hurricane caused great loss of life.
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