Last Friday was the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Ike. When it swept through Houston in 2008 — and was subsequently swept under the rug by national media thanks to a collapsing economy — it ...

Hurricane Ike blew ashore late last night, but not many people along the Texas Gulf coast were sleeping. Ike came ashore as a Category 2 storm and made a direct hit on the city of Galveston ...

At 8 p.m. EDT, Ike was a Category 2 storm with winds near 100 mph. It was about 700 miles east of Brownsville, Texas, and was moving northwest at 8 mph, after ravaging homes in Cuba and killing at ...

GALVESTON, Texas - A Texas sheriff's official says the national death toll from Hurricane Ike has hit 70 after two bodies were found near where the storm came ashore. Texas mayor to request $2.3B ...

With the storm on a new track, Keys officials let an evacuation order expire Monday. By late afternoon Ike had weakened to a Category 1 storm, and a hurricane warning for the island chain was ...

Officials are instituting emergency anti-price gouging laws in their states. Sept. 12, 2008— -- HOUSTON (AP) - Hurricane Ike may still be in the Gulf of Mexico, but its economic impact has ...

Indeed, for the 2008 category 2 Hurricane Ike, evacuations were handled better. Still, Galveston was destroyed by the storm, more than 80 Texans died, and some residents lost power for two weeks ...

WASHINGTON At least 49 offshore oil platforms, all with production of less than 1,000 barrels a day, were destroyed by Hurricane Ike as it raced across the Gulf of Mexico, and some may not be rebuilt, ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- July 8, 2025, marked one year since Hurricane Beryl, which many recall as the worst wind event the region has seen from a tropical system since Hurricane Ike. The city of ...