The
1915 Galveston Hurricane was a deadly
hurricane that struck
Leeward Islands,
Hispanola,
Cuba and
Texas, in mid August of the
1915 Atlantic hurricane season. Striking
Galveston, Texas, 15 years after the
1900 Galveston Hurricane, its 21-ft (6.4-m) waves were slowed by the new
Galveston Seawall but changed the beach structure: on August 17, the entire 300-ft (91.5–m) beach was eroded to become an offshore sandbar, later returning partially, but never the same. The 1915 storm caused a great deal of destruction in its path, leaving 275-400 people dead and $50 million (1915
USD, $921 million 2005
USD) in damage.