Hurricane Ike caused 74 deaths in Harris and Galveston counties and was one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history, according to the Harris County Flood Control District. The storm's record ...

Galveston Island State Park reopens with new upgrades 14 years after Hurricane Ike damage By Emily Foxhall, John Wayne Ferguson, Staff writer Updated June 27, 2022 6:43 p.m.

GALVESTON, Texas-Galveston hasn't done enough to rebuild public housing that was destroyed by Hurricane Ike a decade ago, public housing advocates say. Fewer than half of the island city's 569 ...

Waves crash behind a statue commemorating the devastating storm of 1900 as Hurricane Ike approaches, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, in Galveston, Texas.

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — It has been nearly 10 years since Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston, and local agencies are still working to complete recovery projects before a state-imposed deadline.

Hurricane Ike ravaged Galveston in 2008 and touched off a fierce battle over whether to rebuild the city's destroyed public housing. A decade later, less than half of it has been replaced.

The hurricane had already become one of the most powerful on record, with 185 mph winds raging for 37 hours straight. When the storm curved west, tracking across the Lower Keys then winding up the ...

On this day in 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall along the east end of Galveston Island. Ike was a Category 2 Hurricane with winds of 110 mph at landfall. Here's a few quick notes on Hurricane Ike ...

Instead, they are asking for the ‘Ike Dike’. A wall that would protect the critically important cities of Houston and Galveston from the devastating storm surge of a powerful hurricane.

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2008, file photo, cyclists ride past debris piled up on the seawall road after Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast in Galveston. Most municipal recovery projects in ...