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Ike's Waves Assault Galveston

Posted Sep 12, 08 9:57 AM CDT in US 

(Newser) – Hurricane Ike is still more than 200 miles from land, but its waves are already flooding Galveston Island neighborhoods, CNN reports. Residents have been warned to evacuate or face “certain death,” as waters are expected to rise up to 22 feet. A 584-foot tanker, meanwhile, lost power about 90 miles off the island’s southern coast. With conditions too dangerous to attempt a rescue, the crew will have to weather the storm within the ship.

Hurricane Ike is a category 2, but forecasters expect it to strengthen before it hits land. The storm is so huge that it covers almost the entire Gulf of Mexico. The National Weather Service expects massive walls of water when Ike comes ashore. “All neighborhoods ... and possibly entire coastal communities ... will be inundated during the peak storm tide,” said the service, in its most strongly worded warning since Hurricane Katrina.

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Buses with Hurricane Ike evacuees from Beaumont, Texas are met by members of the Tyler fire dept, as clouds move in front of the moon, Thursday night, Sept. 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman)
A setting sun highlights the propeller blades of the Hurricane Hunters C-130J aircraft as it completes its mission over Hurricane Ike, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, in the Gulf of Mexico.   (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Waves crash behind a statue commemorating the devastating storm of 1900 as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas coast, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, in Galveston, Texas.   (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Debra Schmid, from right, her fiance Chuck Schmid, both of League City, Texas, watch as waves from approaching Hurricane Ike crash into the seawall, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, in Galveston, Texas.   (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
People pull back as a wave crashes against the seawall as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas coast, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, in Galveston, Texas.   (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A line of 14 buses with Hurricane Ike evacuees from Beaumont, Texas arrive at the Faulkner Park reception center in Tyler, Texas, Thursday night, Sept. 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman)
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