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Hurricane Ike (/ a ɪ k /) was a powerful ... Hurricane Ike approaching Cuba as a Category 4 hurricane. Fearing a repeat of Hurricane Donna in 1960, the overseas ...
Pages in category "Hurricane Ike" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Effects of Hurricane Ike in Texas; M. Montgomery County, Texas; O.
Hurricane Ike also had a long-term impact on the U.S. economy. [1] Making landfall over Galveston as a Category 2 hurricane, at 2:10 a.m. CDT [2] on September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike caused extensive damage in Texas, with sustained winds of 110 mph (180 km/h), a 22 ft (6.7 m) storm surge, and widespread coastal flooding. [2] [3] [4]
It started as a Category 5 hurricane when it formed near the coast of Africa, but was downgraded to a Category 3 when it made landfall. ... Hurricane Ike. Year: 2008. Death Toll: 195.
On the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a major hurricane means a Category 3 or higher. The scale includes five categories based on the storm's sustained wind speeds.
The name Ike has been used for three tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean and two in the Western Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic: Hurricane Ike (2008) – a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in the Bahamas, Cuba, and Texas , causing $38 billion in damages (2008 USD ) and over 200 deaths.
Ike “left a long trail of death and destruction” in Haiti, Cuba and the United States in 2008, the weather service said. ... Later, it struck the U.S. as a Category 2 hurricane at Galveston ...
The decade featured Hurricane Andrew, which at the time was the costliest hurricane on record, and also Hurricane Mitch, which is considered to be the deadliest tropical cyclone to have its name retired, killing over 11,000 people in Central America. A total of 15 names were retired in this decade, seven during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.