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NEWS ABOUT: Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike stories: 65 news summaries

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 Coastal 
 Rescuers 
 Issue Final 
 Plea to Flee  

Massive Ike has some Texas already flooded

Sep 12, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rescuers made a final pass through the coastal community of Surfside Beach, Texas, today, urging residents to get out while they can. Hours before massive Hurricane Ike even made landfall, half the town was underwater, the Houston Chronicle reports. Ike's eye is expected to pass near Galveston tonight or tomorrow,... More »

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 Ike's Waves Assault Galveston 

With hurricane still 200 miles off Texas coast, residents warned to leave or die

Sep 12, 08 9:57 AM CDT
(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... More »

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 Ike Experts 
 Warn of 
 'Certain Death' 

Prediction of 22-foot storm surge brings dire evacuation warning from weather service

Sep 12, 08 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Refusing to evacuate could be the last mistake residents living in hurricane-vulnerable homes in coastal Texas ever make, the National Weather Service has warned. The dire warning of "certain death" facing some single-family home dwellers came as forecasters predicted a storm surge of up to 22 feet along Galveston... More »

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(AP) - Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants today as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the heart of the US refining industry and threatened to send a wall of water crashing toward Houston. Nearly 1 million people along the Texas coast were ordered to... More »

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 Ike Churns Closer   
 as Evacuations 
 Continue 

Hurricane growing stronger as it closes in on Texas coast

Sep 11, 08 4:04 PM CDT
(AP) - Authorities in the Houston area and along the southeast Texas Gulf Coast ordered hundreds of thousands to evacuate today as Hurricane Ike lumbered toward the coast and threatened to grow even stronger. Traffic was building on roadways leading away from low-lying areas in Galveston County, and officials urged residents to... More »

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 Thousands of Texans Flee Ike 

Exodus from low-lying areas accelerates as hurricane approaches

Sep 11, 08 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands have fled low-lying areas of Texas in the projected path of Hurricane Ike, the Houston Chronicle reports. The storm is expected to get stronger before making landfall   along the coast this weekend. Texas has troops and 1,350 buses on standby for evacuations. As many as a million... More »

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 Texas Boards Up as Ike Nears 


Sep 10, 08 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oil tankers are scrambling to get into the ports of Galveston and Texas City before officials close them in anticipation of Hurricane Ike, set to hit land by Saturday, the Galveston County Daily News reports. The storm is gathering strength and could be a fearsome Category 4 when it lands... More »

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 Ike Strengthens, 
 Heads for Texas 

Gulf oil platforms don't appear threatened as hurricane aims to Corpus Christi

Sep 10, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - After leaving Cuba, Hurricane Ike is strengthening and moving through the Gulf of Mexico toward south-central Texas, Bloomberg reports. The National Hurricane Center said it was possible Ike would strengthen into a “major hurricane” before landfall, probably near Corpus Christi. One independent forecaster said there was “a significant... More »

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 OPEC Cuts Oil Production

Bid to halt price slide after summer high

Sep 10, 08 2:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The international oil cartel OPEC announced today it's reducing production by more than half a million barrels a day, the Financial Times reports. The decision by the cartel, which controls 40% of world oil production, stunned most analysts. The move comes as oil prices, after spiking to an all-time high... More »

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Saudi Arabia • OPEC • Société Générale • oil prices • Hurricane Ike • Ali Naimi • Michael Wittner • Igor Sechin • financial crisis

MARKETS

 Stocks Reverse; Dow Down 280 

Lehman Bros., housing weigh on investor sentiment

Sep 9, 08 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a strong rally yesterday following news of the Fannie/Freddie bailout, stocks gave most of the gain back today as the failure of talks between Lehman Brothers and Korea’s state bank sent shares in the investment giant down 44.1%, MarketWatch reports. The Dow fell 280.01 to close... More »

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After Savaging Cuba Again, Ike Turns Toward Texas

Lone Star state preps for storm and its ever-changing path

Sep 9, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Hurricane Ike went for round two with Cuba today, unleashing torrential rains and 80-mph winds, new models showed the Category 1 storm strengthening and bending toward the southern Texas coast later this week, CNN reports. Isolated tornadoes could also precede Ike today over the Florida Keys and southern Florida.... More »

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 4 Killed as Ike Ravages Cuba 

Homes, utility lines, cars destroyed as storm rips across island

Sep 9, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Ike killed 4 people in Cuba and drove 1.2 million from their homes as the savage storm tore a path of destruction through the island, AP reports. Buildings and utility poles toppled and cars were crushed as the storm raced toward Havana. “This critter was angry, really... More »

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Locals in Fla. Keys Stay Back for Animals

6-toed cats, nervous birds among the lucky as Ike moves in

Sep 8, 08 7:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Animal lovers are staying back in the Florida Keys to make sure six-toed cats and frisky dolphins survive a brush from Hurricane Ike, the Fort Mill Times reports. While some residents flee, kennel owners and wild life managers are bunking up with extra food and medicine. "They are very,... More »

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Fla. Keys Evacuation Order Canceled

Residents urged to stay put as Hurricane Ike menaces mainland

Sep 8, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Ike is now a Category 2 storm, and officials have rescinded orders to evacuate the Florida Keys, the Miami Herald reports. Residents still on the archipelago shouldn't go anywhere, and those who've already left are being asked not to return until after the storm passes. It's expected to continue... More »

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 Storms Test New FEMA System 

'Dynamic' approach distributes response burden

Sep 8, 08 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - With three big storms hitting the US within about a week, FEMA is attempting to stay a step ahead, planning emergency response strategies and deploying supplies. The agency's new "dynamic regrouping" plan represents a real-time collaboration between military, civilian, and volunteer personnel, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "The... More »

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 Ike Slams Cuba;
 600 Dead in Haiti 

Hurricane now heading for the US

Sep 8, 08 2:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Ike has hit land in northeastern Cuba and is now sweeping across the country with savage 125 mph winds, Bloomberg reports. Over 800,000 people were evacuated before the arrival of the Category 3 hurricane, the second in just over a week to slam the country, AFP notes. “... More »

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 Ike Tears Up Caribbean 

Homes wiped out on tiny island as ferocious storm heads for Bahamas

Sep 7, 08 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A howling Hurricane Ike bent palm trees and ripped up hundreds of homes as it tore through the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean early today. Up to 50% of houses in Grand Turk lost roofs or were completely destroyed by the 135 mph winds, and the entire British... More »

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 Keys, Caribbean Isles Evacuate for Ike

Category 3 storm expected to hit Turks and Caicos today

Sep 6, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tourists and locals are fleeing the Florida Keys and Caribbean islands as Hurricane Ike closes in today, CNN reports. Forecasters predict Ike will slam into the Turks and Caicos islands late today or early tomorrow with Category 3 winds near 115 mph and 9- to 12-foot-high waves. The storm is... More »

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 Rainy Hanna Heads Up Coast 


Sep 6, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(AP) - Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward the New England states today after the storm's whipping winds and rain did not linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than isolated flooding and power outages. Hanna moved quickly inland after cruising ashore overnight with winds of around 50 mph. But... More »

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 Hanna Sets Sights 
 on Carolinas 

Some areas already flooded; officials preparing for worse

Sep 5, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Tropical Storm Hanna roared toward the Carolinas this afternoon on 30 mph winds projected to keep rising, many Charleston streets flooded and officials ordered voluntary evacuations in some low-lying areas, the Post and Courier reports. "All of our emergency persons are on duty,” the Berkeley County supervisor... More »

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