Forbes

Hurricane Harvey is the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Charley hit southwestern Florida in 2004. The damage and loss from Harvey won’t be known for several days but it is expected to be extensive. The hope right now is that the expectations are wrong and the destruction will be less than feared. But even if those hopes are crushed and Harvey turns out to be worse than expected, it won’t be as bad as the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.