[30], Rainfall estimates indicated that 2-day rainfall totals from mid-day Friday through mid-day Saturday exceeded 20 inches (50 cm) in parts of both northern Harris County and southern Montgomery County, with a multi-county area receiving at least 10 inches (25 cm) of rainfall. Harris County Housing Authority DHAP programs: This page was last edited on 29 October 2020, at 23:35. [1] As of August 2011, 16 people remain unaccounted for, 11 of them in the Galveston area. [29], In regional Texas towns, electrical power began failing before 8 p.m. CDT,[29] [71] Some areas that had not yet recovered from Gustav power outages received additional outages,[72] of 200,000. Hurricane Ike was a huge Category 2 hurricane when it hit the Texas coastline on September 13, 2008. Also on September 11, at 8:19 p.m. (CDT), the National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston, TX issued a strongly worded bulletin, regarding storm surge along the shoreline of Galveston Bay. -Storm Data The storm also had a large lingering negative economic impact to the state long after the storm with estimates totaling $142 billion according to a Hurricane Ike Impact Report by the Texas Engineering Extension Service. [18] A more steady weakening phase ensued, and after tracking across southern Ontario and Quebec, the remnants of Ike were absorbed by another extratropical low near the St. Lawrence River, on September 15. -Jefferson County Drainage District 6 The wide-scale flooding caused failures to all the facilities systems and allowed mold to invade all the buildings. [66] Three people were found dead in Orange County on September 29. -Aviation Weather Center [18], Despite tracking back over water, Ike's prolonged interaction with Cuba had greatly disrupted the system's core, and instead of quickly strengthening and coalescing, the storm's wind field instead grew and only gradual intensification ensued. BP reported that the drilling derrick (tower) on its Mad Dog platform had been toppled into the sea,[77] adding that it was too early to predict when the platform could resume production. In the Dayton, Ohio area 300,000 of 515,000 Dayton Power & Light Co. customers lost power at some point following severe wind storms on the afternoon of September 14, according to a company spokesperson. [14], State rural water associations activated mutual aid networks to prepare for the landfall of Hurricane Hanna and Hurricane Ike while still providing assistance to areas impacted by Hurricane Gustav. On September 5, Florida Governor Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency in advance of Ike's arrival, (which was expected to be as early as September 8). -FAQ, Rivers/Lakes/Bayous [5][7] [12], On the day of landfall, police were stopping travelers at La Marque, 4 miles (6 km) north of Galveston, and making them exit the highway. A Texas state report estimated that the storm caused $3.4 billion in housing damage, with 61 percent of flooding damages uninsured. Several railcars and locomotives are damaged by the hurricane's winds and flooding# 2 historical EMD F7 locomotives are scrapped after severely affected. [64], Bridge City Mayor Kirk Roccaforte estimated that only 14 homes (Amended later to some 34), in the city were unaffected by the surge. "Searchers weren't looking for bodies; they were looking for survivors.". [141] Isaias, however, was not used in 2014. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) positioned supplies, and emergency response crews in Florida and along the Gulf Coast. State Highway 146 just north of the Kemah Bridge was completely inundated, causing boats and other debris to collect on the highway after the waters subsided. -Drought, History Voluntary evacuations were in effect for Hardin and Tyler as well as the remainder of Newton and Jasper counties.[20]. In Indiana, high winds caused more than 200,000 customers to be without power throughout the state. [59] In Baracoa, 200 homes were reported to be destroyed and waves were running 23 ft (7 m) high and peaked at 40 ft (12 m) in different areas of Cuba. Some people survived by punching holes in attics,[11] climbing to rooftops or trees,[12] using nearby boats, or floating on debris[12] until reaching solid ground. Meanwhile, 40 people who went missing during Hurricane Ike have been reported found, according to dozens of calls received by Laura Recovery Center's hot line. -College Station ... Water completely submerged the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas. [1][26][46] There was also significant structural damage to roofs and buildings containing health services resulting in the disruption of most health services. Many homes were eventually demolished because they were beyond repair. Search, said his volunteers had spent four days in Orange County searching for Walker. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. [18], After passing over Inagua,[18] the development of a double eyewall—a feature that usually denotes the beginning of an eyewall replacement cycle—slightly weakened Ike late on September 7. [60] It then followed the southern coast of Cuba and crossed the western end of the island in Pinar del Río Province, close to the path taken by Hurricane Gustav ten days previously. Staff writers Lise Olsen, Rosanna Ruiz and Cindy Horswell contributed to this report. By late November, production was restored to pre-Ike levels. In evacuation shelters hundreds of miles from the coast, displaced residents — like the loved ones of victims of 2005's Hurricane Katrina — scrolled through address books and blog postings and anxiously dialed relatives, friends and neighbors not heard from. Some of the hotel's siding was peeled off by the storm (this occurred during Hurricane Alicia in 1983),[40] venting at least one top-floor guest suite to the open air, and the elevated ramp permitting vehicles to access the hotel's lower level from Seawall Boulevard fell into the Gulf. Getty On the night of September 13, 2008, the eye of Hurricane Ike approached the Texas coast near Galveston Bay, making landfall at 2:10 a.m. CDT over the east end of Galveston Island[3](near Texas City). [104] In Indiana, about 350,000 customers lost power statewide, mainly in the southern part of the state. -Climate Summaries -Astronomical Info [27] Overall 15,000 tourists evacuated, but the storm stayed to the south, only causing minor beach erosion. Hurricane Ike also had a long-term impact on the U.S. Residents who evacuated were allowed to return on September 16, 2008 and advised to bring back enough food for two weeks; a dusk-until-dawn curfew was in effect. We're talking about 90 percent of our customers without power." 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[21] Over the next day, Ike tracked westward, paralleling the southern coast of Cuba without much intensification; at times the center of the hurricane was within 12 mi (19 km) of the island. An early survey of Galveston Island, performed late Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, 2008, indicated that the entirety of the Island west of 11 Mile Road was entirely devastated, and that few structures on Galveston's western one-third had survived. by Saturday evening, 112,000 customers had power; by Sunday noon, 262,000 customers had power; In Galveston, Ball High School held 200 evacuees (as a "shelter of last resort"), plus providing meals to hundreds more. [5] The search-and-rescue operation after Ike was the largest search-and-rescue operation in Texas history. The entire first floor of Landry's seafood restaurant was demolished and swept away, as well as those of neighboring structures. That made it the third-costliest Atlantic Hurricane ever, behind only Hurricanes Katrina and … [1], About 2.6 million Cubans, a fourth of the population, were evacuated ahead of Ike.

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