From hand-built canoes to massive freighters, violent storms have tested ships for centuries and led to tragedies that changed safety forever.

Before the Great Storm of 1900 - which made its Texas landfall 125 years ago Monday - Galveston had become one of the busiest ports in North America with electric streetlights, grand hotels, and ...

(The Center Square) – Hope remains 125 years after the Great Storm of 1900 decimated Galveston Island. On Sept. 8, 1900, a massive hurricane tore through Galveston, creating an estimated $30 million ...

They sound like polar opposites. But a few times in history, a hurricane has evolved into a snowmaking storm. This early 19th ...

This year marks a major anniversary for the deadliest hurricane to strike the U.S. — but it’s not Hurricane Katrina, which slammed into Louisiana 20 years ago, killing at least 1,200. But 125 years ...

GALVESTON, Texas – A Guinness World Record title could be coming to Galveston Island. The title for world record is for a rather... quirky... reason. “We’re ...

Wilma set this record in October 2005 while over the western Caribbean Sea. Wilma's extreme intensity also set a record for ...

The Bryan Museum founder J.P. Bryan paints a stroke on a new painting exhibited at the museum in commemoration of the 125 year anniversary of the 1900 Great Storm. ©Bethany Blankley for The Center ...

(The Center Square) – Hope remains 125 years after the Great Storm of 1900 decimated Galveston Island. On Sept. 8, 1900, a massive hurricane tore through Galveston, creating an estimated $30 million ...