Hurricane season in the Atlantic basin—the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea—runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, though some hurricanes do form outside of this season. Hurricanes are ...

But even as towering waves started crashing over the 17-foot Galveston seawall and floodwaters rose in low-lying areas, it became clear that many of the 1 million coastal residents who had been ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On Sept. 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall along the east end of Galveston Island, packing winds up to 110 mph and a storm surge that reached 17 feet.

The hurricane presented the first test of the Galveston Seawall that was built following the Great Storm of 1900. According to a Galveston Daily News report from July 21, 1909, “ the Seawall ...

A skeletal brown arch across the sidewalk at Seawall and 21st Street is the sole remaining physical evidence of Galveston’s Balinese Room, where A-list celebrities of the 1940s and ‘50s came to party ...

Plans to build the Ike Dike have been percolating since back in 2008 when, in the aftermath of weathering Hurricane Ike down in Galveston, Bill Merrell, a marine scientist at Texas A&M University ...

FILE - Cyclists ride past debris piled up on the seawall road Sept. 14, 2008, after Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast in Galveston.

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 Galveston in ...

Also known as the "Ike Dike," plans to build a coastal storm barrier have been in the works since Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston in 2008. Now, the project is taking another step forward.

Ever since Hurricane Ike nearly hit Houston head on in 2008, storm researchers have actively urged elected officials to build some kind of coastal barrier to protect life, property, the ...

The Galveston Capital Improvement Plan includes millions of dollars in projects that are expected to unfold over the next five years. Now that they've finished most of their Hurricane Ike recovery ...

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