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Sep 13, 2021 · With estimated maximum sustained winds of nearly 110 mph, Ike made landfall over Galveston Island as a Category 2 Hurricane at 2:10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. The storm killed dozens...
Sep 13, 2019 · AP Photo/ Matt Slocum. The powerful category 2 storm ravaged the Gulf Coast, flattening homes and obliterating entire towns and creating a huge storm surge that destroyed buildings and businesses...
East Texas (especially Galveston, Bolivar Peninsula, Gilchrist) Part of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Ike caused major destruction in Texas with crippling and long-lasting effects, including death, widespread damage, and impacts to the price and availability of oil and gas.
- 84 total
- $30 billion (2008 USD)
- 110 mph (175 km/h)
Ike made landfall at 2:10 am CDT Saturday, September 13th near Galveston, Texas. Ike was a category 2 hurricane at landfall with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.
Hurricane Ike ( / aɪk /) was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas. Ike took a similar track to the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
- September 1, 2008
- $38 billion (2008 USD)
- 145 mph (230 km/h)
Ike was an extremely large Category 2 hurricane with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 120 miles (195 km) from the center and tropical storm-force winds extending outward up to 275 miles (445 km).
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.
