There's a good reason that colorful cottage you booked for a getaway to Galveston Island, home to one of the country's best beaches for a family vacation, sits high up on stilts. As a barrier island, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: On September 8, 1900, what was only a weak tropical storm a few days earlier intensified into a Category 4 hurricane and smashed into Galveston, ...