October 03, 2008
Debris of daily life washes onto Texas beaches
The world’s longest undeveloped barrier island now looks as if people have been living — and dumping — on it for decades. Tons of debris swept up by Hurricane Ike last month were carried by Gulf of Mexico currents hundreds of miles from the upper Texas coast to this ordinarily pristine landscape just north of the Mexican border.
September 29, 2008
Subtropical Storm Laura forms in Atlantic
The National Hurricane Center says Subtropical Storm Laura has formed in the north central Atlantic Ocean. Laura’s maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph. Some strengthening is forecast and Laura could become a hurricane by Tuesday.
Rare hurricane spins past Maine, hits Canada
It threatened to be the first hurricane in 17 years to make landfall in Maine. Instead, Kyle delivered little more than a glancing blow equivalent to that of a classic nor’easter. Maine emergency responders braced for wind gusts as high as 60 mph and waves up to 20 feet, but the Category 1 hurricane took a turn to the east.
September 26, 2008
Tropical Storm Kyle gains strength in the Atlantic
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Kyle’s maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph early Friday. And forecasters say the storm could become a hurricane by Saturday as it moves north.
September 22, 2008
Galveston area remains dangerous in Ike’s wake
Businesses were beginning to reopen, cell phone service was improving and power was coming back, but leaders warned that Galveston remains dangerous more than a week after Hurricane Ike’s devastating assault. Fuel and other essentials remained scarce and police will indefinitely enforce a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew once the island reopens Wednesday.
September 19, 2008
Texas a grim tableau nearly a week after Ike
It’s been nearly a week since Hurricane Ike bulled ashore, and the images of once-bustling coastal Texas communities reduced to only a faint shadow of their old selves are no less staggering. Survivors traipsing past debris piled higher than their heads.
September 18, 2008
The message from Ike-battered Galveston: Stay away
Ike’s death toll in the U.S. stands at 51. Galveston County Medical Examiner Stephen Pustilnik confirmed the first death in nearby Brazoria County on Wednesday, bringing the death toll in the state to 18. And there are fears there are more victims yet to be found. After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, bodies continued to turn up for more than a year.
September 17, 2008
Miserable post-Ike life won’t change soon for many
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was due back in hurricane-ravaged Texas for a second time to check on recovery efforts Wednesday as misery dragged on for many going into their fifth day after Ike. In Houston, most residents in the nation’s fourth-largest city remained without power.
September 16, 2008
Bush returns to Gulf Coast, this time for Ike
President Bush urged Americans on Tuesday to give money to help people recover from Hurricane Ike’s battering of the Gulf Coast, warning against letting “disaster fatigue” slow donations when the need remains great
Ike survivors may wait weeks for hot meals, baths
More Hurricane Ike relief was on the way for evacuees Tuesday as tens of thousands of people waited for food, water and ice, for the electricity to return to their homes or for their first hot meal and shower.
Ike survivors may wait weeks for hot meals, baths
Tens of thousands of residents first hunkered down to wait for Hurricane Ike’s brutal punch. Those survivors on the wrecked Texas coast must now wait again — for food, water and ice, for the electricity to return to their homes, for that first hot meal and shower.
September 15, 2008
Nearly 2,000 brought to safety in Texas after Ike
As teams persisted in the biggest search and rescue operation in Texas history, a new phase of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Ike was only beginning while thousands of people faced long stays in crowded shelters because their homes were damaged or destroyed. The death toll from Ike rose to 28, but many of those were far to the north of the Gulf Coast.
September 12, 2008
Houston decides to stare down Ike instead of leave
Officials in America’s fourth-largest city made a bold decision: Instead of fleeing, residents here would stare down the storm. Homeowners should board up windows, clear the decks of furniture and stock up on drinking water and non-perishable food. But whatever they do, officials warned, residents should not flock to the roadways en masse.
September 11, 2008
Houston-Galveston could face major damage from Ike
Forecasters expect the storm to make landfall this weekend somewhere between Corpus Christi and Houston, creating the potential for heavy punishment for Houston even if it’s not hit directly. Some forecasts say Ike could strengthen to a fearsome Category 4 hurricane with winds of at least 131 mph over the Gulf of Mexico.
September 10, 2008
Ike gains strength over Gulf, aims for Texas
Hurricane Ike barreled across the warm, energizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday on its way toward the Texas coast after crashing through Cuba’s tobacco country and toppling aging Havana buildings. Forecasters said the Category 1 storm was already strengthening over open waters after leaving Cuba and could grow into a massive Category 3 storm.
