The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893_Sea_Islands_hurricane" id="mwng" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1893 Sea Islands hurricane">Sea Islands hurricane</a> strikes the United States near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" id="mwnw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah, Georgia</a>, killing between 1,000 and 2,000 people.