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Source: NPR "Day to Day"

Roundup

9-21-05

Galveston's deadly hurricane of 1900

The mayor of Galveston, Texas, declared a state of emergency last night in anticipation of Hurricane Rita's landfall. Noah Adams looks back at a hurricane that killed thousands in Galveston back in 1900 and speaks to Erik Larson, the author of "Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History."

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