Hurricane
Ike
Hurricane
Ike 2008 
Hurricane
Ike was the fifth hurricane in the 2008 Atlantic hurricane
season. Ike became a tropical storm on September 1 and
by the early morning hours of September 4, Ike was a
Category 4 hurricane, hitting its peak winds of 145
mph.
Hurricane
Ike is classified as a Cape Verde-type hurricane, as
it started as a tropical disturbance off the coast of
Africa near the end of August, then tracked south of
Cape Verde. Hurricane Ike was an enormously large storm
with hurricane force winds extending to 450 miles.
Hurricane
Ike made U.S. landfall at Galveston, Texas, at 2:10am
CDT on September 13 as a Category 2 hurricane with winds
of 110 mph. The National Hurricane Center reported tropical
storm and hurricane force winds extending 275 miles
and 120 miles respectively, from the center of Ike.
Hurricane
Ike began a turn to the north and then northeast on
September 13, After losing strength to Tropical Storm
force winds, it passed near Houston; 100 miles to the
east of Dallas, Texas; and west of Little Rock, Arkansas.
It became a Tropical Depression and continued northeast,
passing near St. Louis, Missouri. It brought heavy rainfall
all along its path, but moved more quickly the farther
north it went. Early on September 14, Ike merged with
a large cold front moving from west to east across the
central United States, and dissipated.
 Hurricane
Ike Deaths
Hurricane
Ike has caused 151 deaths, 38 in the United States.
Most of the Hurricane deaths occurred in the country
of Haiti.
Hurricane
Ike Damage Cost Estimates
Damages from Ike in coastal areas are caused as much
as $16 billion in property damage. If the estimates
are accurate, Hurricane Ike will be the fourth costliest
Atlantic hurricane and third costliest US hurricane
of all time.
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