Hurricane Ike floods US coast

The massive category two storm came ashore early on Saturday, flooding Galveston Island, off the Texas coast, and other low-lying areas [Reuters]

As the storm drove walls of water up to six metres high, officials warned 100,000 homes were at risk [AFP]

Despite mandatory evacuation orders, thousands of people may have remained in Ike's path [Reuters]

Ike, roughly the same size as the state of Texas, is larger than Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans three years ago [AFP]

The storm forced 17 oil refineries to temporarily shut down operations, sparking concerns oil production could be affected [Reuters]

Hurricane Ike has already left devastation in its wake, hitting both Cuba and Haiti hard [AFP]

Around 2.6 million people - nearly a fourth of Cuba's population - were evacuated from storm-affected areas across the island [AFP]

The Cuban government said on Friday it did not have the resources to rebuild after Ike damaged thousands of buildings and destroyed crops [Reuters]