In the Folk Song "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm," the Singer

In the folk song "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm," the singer describes an event during the Galveston hurricane of 1900: "The trains they were loaded, with people leaving town, but the tracks gave way with the water, the trains they went on down." What hurricane phenomena was the author of this song describing?

A) heavy rain and winds blowing a trestle over
B) tornadoes embedded in the eye wall
C) river flooding washing out train trestles
D) storm surge