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TIL the deadliest hurricane in US history was a hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas in 1900. It killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people. Debris and dead bodies spread so far that trains 6 miles (9.7 km) from the city were forced to stop. All bridges to the island of Galveston were washed out.

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