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Sep 12, 2018 · BRIDGE CITY — Thursday, September 13th, will mark the ten-year anniversary of Hurricane Ike making landfall in Southeast Texas. Thousands of homes remained underwater following a 13-foot...
Satellite image map of Hurricane Ike after landfall on the Texas Coast. Landfall had been predicted near Freeport, Texas, by the National Hurricane Center, as of Wednesday, September 10, 2008. However, the actual landfall was further east, over the east end of Galveston Island (near Texas City, TX), with the eye centered over Galveston Bay.
This photo-like image of the Texas and Louisiana coasts shows the impact of Hurricane Ike’s powerful storm surge on coastal wetlands. Hurricane Ike came ashore bringing with it a wall of water that stretched from Galveston, Texas, across all of coastal Louisiana.
Sep 7, 2021 · A home located on Strapper Street in Bridge City is completely destroyed by the storm surge of Hurricane Ike 13-years ago this week. RECORD File PHOTO Kirk Roccaforte, longtime Bridge City mayor, recalls his first look at his hometown after Hurricane Ike made landfall on Sept. 13, 2008.
Sep 12, 2023 · Roccaforte remembers going out before daylight Saturday along Highway 62 to meet deputies from the Orange County Sheriff's Office and others at a convenience store at the intersection of 62 and HIghway 87 by the Cow Bayou Bridge into Bridge City.
Hurricane Ike produced a damaging, destructive and deadly storm surge across the upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coasts, and will likely end up being the third costliest natural disaster in the United States behind Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Andrew. Post Storm Analyses. Tropical Cyclone Report - from the National Hurricane Center (3/18/14)
