Wunderground history9/11/2023 ![]() Some 8,000 lives were lost, according to official estimates, but as many as 12,000 people may have died as a result of the storm. Homes and businesses were easily demolished by the water and wind. The storm tides ( storm surges) of 8–15 feet (2.5–4.5 metres) and winds at more than 130 miles (210 km) per hour were too much for the low-lying city. On September 8 the storm reached Galveston, which at the time had a population of approximately 40,000 and benefited economically and culturally from its status as the largest port city in Texas. Citizens along the Gulf Coast were warned that the hurricane was approaching however, many ignored the warnings. In the Gulf of Mexico the storm rapidly intensified. The system landed on Cuba as a tropical storm on September 3 and moved on in a west-northwest direction. The storm was first detected on August 27 in the tropical Atlantic.
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