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      • Ike's damage could total between $3 billion and $4 billion, according to some official sources, said Elisabeth Byrs of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs at a news briefing in Geneva.
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  2. 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 of ...

  3. Damages from Ike are still being tallied, although estimates suggest that the total could reach into the tens of billions of dollars. Ike may very well become one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history. Ike followed Hurricanes Gustav, Dolly and Rita, as well as Tropical Storm Eduardo, all of which

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  4. The combined damage estimate from Ike and Gustav, and succeeding Paloma is about $9.7 billion (USD), with $7.3 billion of that from Ike, making Ike the most destructive hurricane in Cuban history at the time.

  5. Overall effects. Fatalities. 84 total. Damage. $30 billion (2008 USD) Areas affected. 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 ...

  6. Sep 26, 2013 · Ike was responsible for $29.5 billion in damage, making it the second-costliest U.S. hurricane on record, second only to Katrina at the time.

  7. After a period of weakening and reintensification, Hurricane Ike made its first landfall on the Turks and Caicos Islands (in the southeastern Bahamas) on 7 September as a Category 4 storm, with 217 km/h (135 mph) winds. Power was lost throughout Grand Turk Island, and 95% of the houses were damaged.

  8. Damages in Texas alone were estimated at $11 billion (S.D. Union Tribune newsclip ): 1 source: NOAA. 2 source: various. NB: Ike caused significant damage to the oil-producing infrastructure. Lecture 1 also lists some other hurricanes in the list of most costly events and the $$ numbers may vary from the ones given here.

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