Alicia formed Aug. 15, 1983, in the Gulf of Mexico just south of the Mississippi River Delta. Within two days, the storm reached hurricane status and was nearing Galveston. The storm spun its ...

The Weather Bureau chief in charge of Cuba “saw conspiracies everywhere,” wrote Erik Larson in his 2000 book "Isaac’s Storm," which chronicles the lead-up to the 1900 Galveston hurricane and ...

Galveston's Bryan Museum is widely known ... where guests would often walk over with their requests. Although Hurricane Alicia ended its use as a broadcast facility, its flying saucer-shaped ...