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Six questions about a wall of water, a tornado that wouldn’t quit, and a hailstone the size of a volleyball — all true.

Your first question:

On September 8, 1900, a hurricane pushed a wall of seawater over a booming Texas port city, and by morning nothing in American history had ever killed so many people at once. Which event remains the deadliest natural disaster the United States has ever suffered?

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