125 years later, the Galveston hurricane is still the deadliest U.S. storm

On Sept. 8, 1900, the deadliest U.S. hurricane and natural disaster made landfall at Galveston, Texas. Storms weren't named in those days, but it became known as the "Great Galveston Hurricane" after wiping out the town and killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people.

Destruction was nearly complete, with thousands of the city's wooden homes reduced to rubble by a 15-foot storm surge, twice as high as the city's elevation above sea-level. The town anemometer was destroyed by the winds after measuring 100 mph, but modern estimates put the hurricane's strength as a Category 4 storm.

Galveston Historical Foundation remembers the storm today

Dwayne Jones, Executive Director of the Galveston Historical Foundation, joined the AccuWeather Network this morning to discuss the hurricane's devastating