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Colorado State University researchers predict above normal activity this season, with 17 tropical storms, nine becoming hurricanes, and four potential major hurricanes.
The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce, but it says ...
More in this series When Tory Gunsolley learned that his agency was about to receive $40 million in federal recovery funds in the wake of Hurricane Ike, he was thrilled. It was 2011, and the ...
The Texas General Land Office is awarding more than $45 million in unused federal grant money for a total of 15 affordable ...
Galveston Aims to Build a Healthier City After Ike’s Wave of Destruction Three years after Hurricane Ike hit in 2008, Galveston is still rebuilding. But this time area residents want to make the ...
In September 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, Texas, as a Category 4 storm with around 20 feet of storm surge. Even though the hurricane caused more than $7 billion in damage ...
Here's a little history lesson. Sixteen years ago, Ohio faced severe damage from Category 2 Hurricane Ike as it made its way from the Texas and the Gulf region. According to a 2018 story by The ...
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What is the Ike Dike?
The project was originally conceived by experts at Texas A&M University in the months after Hurricane Ike’s devastating strike on the coastline, which led to the cyclone becoming the state’s ...