Although hurricanes occur naturally, climate change is exacerbating the strength of these tropical systems, adding “fuel” to ...

Hurricane Ike blew ashore late last night, but not many people along the Texas Gulf coast were sleeping. Ike came ashore as a Category 2 storm and made a direct hit on the city of Galveston ...

Ike's Wrath: Entire Towns Disappear In fatal aftermath of Hurricane Ike, thousands of Texas residents seek relief.

The Bay Area Houston Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitors Bureau says there are a lot of myths going around about Hurricane Ike damage, and ...

GALVESTON - The wounds inflicted on this city a year ago by Hurricane Ike are slowly healing, but it may take a decade to fully recover. It's easy to see why Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas ...

Forecasters say Ike could become the fiercest storm to strike South Florida since Andrew in 1992. That hurricane did more than $26 billion in damage and was blamed for 65 deaths.

The latest of four powerful storms in this year's hurricane season ripped a path across Cuba and headed toward the oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Ike swept into Cuba's capital ...

BATON ROUGE, La. LSU's athletic director says he wants the North Texas game to be played in Tiger Stadium on Saturday night as scheduled, but adds that other venues are being considered in case ...

WASHINGTON At least 49 offshore oil platforms, all with production of less than 1,000 barrels a day, were destroyed by Hurricane Ike as it raced across the Gulf of Mexico, and some may not be rebuilt, ...

HOUSTON (AP) - The frail and elderly were put aboard buses Wednesday and authorities warned 1 million others to flee inland as Hurricane Ike steamed toward a swath of the Texas coast that includes ...