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The lead adequately summarizes the article. For the links in the "See also" section, WP:SEEALSO (part of the layout MOS page) states: "Editors should provide a brief annotation when a link's relevance is not immediately apparent, when the meaning of the term may not be generally known, or when the term is ambiguous." Since it includes the word "should" (something optional), I won't let that minor issue prevent promotion to GA.
2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
The references section is properly formatted. I added page numbers to one citation (required per WP:PAGENUM).
2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
All references are reliable sources and all content is appropriately referenced.
No copyright violations or plagiarism in the text that can be freely verified online. I will have to rely on good faith that there is no copyvios or plagiarism of the several paywalled sources from Newspapers.com.
No fair use images. All images have valid license information and an acceptable free license. I removed one image that is not clearly in the public domain.
File:Morantbay1903hurricane.png is not clearly a free image and I have removed it from the article and nominate for deletion on Commons. I added page numbers in one reference which I was reading anyways to verify the content of this article. Those two minor adjustments are the only things that would have kept this article from being promoted to GA. The "See also" links should have a brief description of why they are relevant to this article, but that is optional and doesn't prevent promotion.