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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...
The Southeast Texas communities of Bridge City on Sabine Lake and large areas of nearby Orange (80 miles or 130 kilometres from the center of landfall) were inundated by the storm surge which traveled as much as 16 miles (26 km) inland from the coast.
- September 1, 2008
- $38 billion (2008 USD)
- 145 mph (230 km/h)
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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.
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- $30 billion (2008 USD)
- 110 mph (175 km/h)
Sep 7, 2021 · Kirk Roccaforte, longtime Bridge City mayor, recalls his first look at his hometown after Hurricane Ike made landfall on Sept. 13, 2008. The mayor and other key city personnel spent the night of Sept. 12-13 in a school building in Little Cypress, away from the storm's worst but close enough to get back in a hurry. "When I topped Cow Bayou Bridge, a...
Hurricane Ike Impact Report – December 2008 Executive Summary On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall over Galveston, Texas, around 2 a.m., with maximum sustained winds nearing 110 mph (175 km/h) and some higher gusts. At the time, Ike was an extremely large Category 2 hurricane with hurricane-force winds extending outward
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Sep 12, 2023 · Hurricane Ike brought more than storm surge as high winds also toppled trees and washed in black mud from the marshes as seen here on Norbert St in Bridge City.
September 1-14, 2008. Hurricane Ike will long be remembered as one of the most devastating storm surge hurricanes to affect the Upper Texas and Louisiana Coasts within the last 150 years of records. Hurricane Ike developed from a vigorous tropical wave that emerged off the west coast of Africa on August 29th, passing over the Cape Verde Islands ...
