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Hurricane Ike forced the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs to play out their 3-game set in Milwaukee at Miller Park. [126] Ike also forced the postponement of the second-week NFL game between the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens. The game was later made up in Houston after repairs were made to Reliant Stadium on November 9, 2008.
The effects of Hurricane Ike in inland North America, in September 2008, were unusually intense and included widespread damage across all or parts of eleven states – Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, [1] Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia, (not including Louisiana and Texas where the storm made landfall) and into parts of Ontario as Ike, which ...
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]
The system has maximum sustained winds near 45 mph with higher gusts, and "steady strengthening is forecast," according to the center. The storm is likely to become a hurricane by Tuesday night or ...
Wind gusts from Ike were as strong as 74 mph, the same as a Category 1 hurricane. From Hurricane Helene, winds are expected to be from 25 to 35 mph, and gusts of up to 60 mph are possible.
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
September 8, 2008 - Hurricane Ike made landfall as a Category 4 in Holguín province, the strongest landfall there since 1799. A day later, Ike made a second landfall in western Cuba, after brushing the country's southern coast. Ike killed seven people throughout Cuba, and imparted US$7.325 billion in damage.
The storm was downgraded to a category 2 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, the NHC said in its 10 p.m. update. The hurricane had spent the last few days exploding into a monster ...