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Hurricane Ike floods US coast
Houston, the fourth largest city in the US, is bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Ike [Reuters]
Published On 13 Sep 2008
13 Sep 2008
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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]