Eight years ago, the southeast Texas coast was 'hunkering down" for Hurricane Ike. History would record it as a low-level hurricane, but there is no such thing when you're in its path.

Beth Shriner, an elegant woman, wore the latest in disaster-relief gear: an orange gimme cap with four LED lights clipped to its brim. Shriner is in charge of the Galveston Historical Commission's ...

Galveston's Grand 1894 Opera House sustained major damage from Hurricane Ike, but "nothing that can't be repaired or replaced," said Maureen Patton, executive director of the historical theater at ...

GALVESTON — Scores of vacant lots and empty houses in Galveston's minority neighborhoods are mute evidence of the lingering effects of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ike five years ago.

Beyoncé's mother's Galveston beach house sustained significant damage during Hurricane Ike in 2008. The city deemed the property a public safety hazard, leading to a years-long legal battle.

GALVESTON, Texas (CNN) -- Hurricane Ike's storm surge flooded Galveston's historic district early Saturday, sparked fires and knocked out power. Heavy winds continued to pummel the coastal region more ...

To showcase Galveston Island's resiliency and progress just one year after Hurricane Ike, a series of "Revival and Reflections" events will take place in the city beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8 and ...

LA MARQUE, TEXAS — Hurricane Ike swallowed Dawn Demers’ four-bedroom home so completely that she couldn’t even see her rooftop as she stood marooned on a bridge, staring at brown floodwaters ...

GALVESTON, Texas A new documentary film on Galveston, its history and response to Hurricane Ike will premiere on Houston s PBS station Monday night. Galveston Island will include interviews filmed ...

GILCHRIST, Texas – The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. This storm wasn't like the others, the ones that left nothing worse ...

GALVESTON - Many people have been wondering how Galveston's historic hotels fared during Hurricane Ike. All things considered, they did pretty well. Ike caused minimal flood damage to the Tremont ...