ship encountered the first tropical storm of the season, while located about east of the southernmost islands of Cape Verde. It slowly strengthened while moving steadily west-northwestward and entered the northeastern Caribbean on August 30. The storm moved south of Puerto Rico and made landfall in Dominican Republic as a weak tropical storm on September 2. It weakened slightly while crossing Hispaniola, before re-emerging into the Caribbean Sea later that day. On September 3, the cyclone struck modern day Santiago de Cuba Province and then slowly drifted along the southern coast of Cuba. Upon reaching the Gulf of Mexico on September 6, the storm strengthened into a hurricane, while situated near Dry Tortugas. Significant intensification followed and the system peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of on September 8. Early on the next day, it made landfall near modern-day Jamaica Beach, Texas, with winds of . Around that time, its minimum barometric pressure of was observed. It weakened quickly after moving inland and fell to tropical storm intensity late on September 9. The storm turned east-northeastward and became extratropical over Iowa on September 11. The extratropical system strengthened while accelerating across the Midwestern United States, Ontario, Quebec, northern New England, and then New Brunswick before reaching the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on September 13. Later that day, the extratropical remnants struck Newfoundland. It then reached the far North Atlantic Ocean and began to weaken, finally dissipating near Iceland on September 15. The storm brought heavy rainfall to Cuba, with up to in a 24‑hour period in the city of Santiago de Cuba. Much of Florida experienced tropical storm force winds, though no damage occurred. Hurricane-force winds and storm surge inundated portions of southern Louisiana, though no significant damage or fatalities were reported. In Texas, strong winds were reported in the Galveston area, reaching . Storm surge cresting between inundated the entirety of Galveston Island. Every house sustained damage, with at least 3,636 destroyed. In Galveston alone, approximately 10,000 were left homeless, out of a total population of 37,000. The actual death toll is unknown, though it is thought to be at least 8,000. Thus, the 1900 Galveston hurricane was the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. Property damage from the storm in Galveston alone was estimated at $30 million. Farther north, the storm and its remnants continued to produce heavy rains and gusty winds