4 dead, 140,000 need help
(NEWSER) - Hurricane Ike has weakened to a tropical depression over Arkansas, but rescuers are struggling to reach survivors in the furious storm's path of destruction in Texas, reports CNN. Some 140,000 who stayed home despite evacuation orders are now dealing with massive flooding, wrecked homes and power outages. Nearly 1,000 people have been saved so far in what Texas Gov. Rick Perry describes as the biggest search-and-rescue operation in state history, the Dallas Morning News notes. Four deaths have been confirmed. More»
