On Sept. 13, 2008, Ike made landfall on Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island as a strong Category 2 hurricane with winds at 110-120 mph and Category 5-equivalent storm surge.

CRYSTAL BEACH - In a span of hours on Sept. 13, 2008, communities that had stood for almost 100 years on the Bolivar Peninsula were nearly wiped off the map by a furious storm named Ike. Houses, bu… ...

On Texas' Bolivar Peninsula, entire towns were annihilated by Hurricane Ike. Some residents can no longer tell where their houses once stood, and authorities want them to leave. Some fear that ...

Another clear sign of Bolivar’s slow return, before Ike, there were 6200 water meters. Now there are 3900, but the peninsula is adding 25 new meters a month as more homes go up.

Before Ike, there were about 6,000 houses connected to the water system, but as of this month there were about 3,800, according to the Bolivar Peninsula Special Utility District.

Brightly painted new beach homes fill the blocks four years after Hurricane Ike devasted the area on the Bolivar Peninsula, Saturday, April 21, 2012.

One month after the storm, that phone call, made to her cousin, echoes across the Bolivar Peninsula where 23 people remain unaccounted for and most are presumed dead.

Ten years after Hurricane Ike leveled most of Bolivar Peninsula's homes, the average cost of a cabin ranges around $280,000. A billboard for the Seagrass Beach community advertises for homes in ...

A utility pole is decorated with shoes and sandals in the Emerald Beach community Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in Port Bolivar, Texas. New developments planned for Bolivar Peninsula, luxury houses ...

Nearly eight months after Hurricane Beryl battered the Texas coast, some businesses along the Bolivar Peninsula are still struggling to recover. Among them is "Miss Nancy’s Bait Camp," owned by ...

Bolivar Peninsula was devastated by Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008. Some neighborhoods were entirely destroyed, but a lot has bounced back over the last decade.

Blacksher first opened her business in 2010, two years after Hurricane Ike, providing essential supplies to anglers and visitors. After Beryl, she had to close for two weeks to make the store ...