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Galveston Hurricane 1900
The great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is known to be the worst hurricane to ever hit the United States of America . The Galveston Hurricane was a category 4, with the storm surge of 8 - 15 feet. I am researching natural disasters, because I want to know how to help the people that are involved in a natural disaster.I was trying to find out how to help the environment and to donate money to fix up destroyed homes, building, and to help find placement for animals . We Can not stop the natural disasters from forming,but we might be able to make a storm wall to prevent flooding from storms and tsunamis. Also, we can donate to the states or the people that were involved in the disaster .
Natural Disasters have powerful forces , they affect the environment and the people because they destroy the areas where they hit .“The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was the deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States and caused between 8000 and 12000 deaths. The storm reached the Texas coast south of Galveston on September 8 as a Category 4 hurricane with a storm surge of 8 to 15 feet.” All Natural Disasters can be formed in different ways but one of the examples are that hurricanes can be formed by the warm and moist air
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You can't solve a natural disaster,but you could prepare for a storm by making storm walls around a city ,state ,or an island so there will be no floods crushing part of a state or a city . The officials could call an early evacuation, so everyone can escape the area early . I think that we could build a storm wall to protect the area from getting damaged by floods for storms,tsunamis,or a hurricane. We can also donate to the people,environment,or the state or city. This is a world problem so people can help the world and all the people and environment by donating their clothes,money , food ,water , or even a shelter or a

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