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Hurricane Ike has disappeared from U.S. soil, but the recovery process is just beginning. For hundreds of thousands of people who evacuated their hometowns before Ike's landfall on Sept. 13, they are caught in a dilemma of being unable to go home....
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The storm that has continued to cause weather problems is still affecting business, long after it struck the Texas coastline Sept. 13. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has had to shut three of its Texas petrochemical plants, idling 1,000 workers, as a result...
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President George Bush is getting a first hand look at the damage inflicted on his home state of Texas by Hurricane Ike. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports that the president traveled Tuesday to areas hardest hit by the storm. First in Houston, and then in Galveston,...
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Hurricane Ike’s receding storm surge waters on Monday revealed a footprint of damage across coastal southwest Louisiana too similar and too soon after Hurricane Rita in 2005. Assessments from emergency officials showed about 75 percent of homes affected...
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Gov. Ted Strickland declared a state of emergency today to help Ohio better respond to the wind storm that slammed the state on Sunday, killing up to six people and knocking out power to nearly 2 million homes and businesses. The declaration makes it...
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More than two days after Hurricane Ike slammed the Gulf Coast, rescuers flew for the first time Monday into areas cut off by the storm and found a scene of devastation, with whole subdivisions obliterated, and began evacuating survivors. A Texas helicopter...
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As Hurricane Ike continues its path in the United States, ravaging families along the Gulf Coast with damaging winds and torrential rain, the American Red Cross is launching a national fundraising campaign to raise an initial $100 million to fill a Disaster...
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I don't buy that," he said. "We have plenty of gas." Several motorists also expressed skepticism that supply shortages ever really threatened. Rod Sergent said it was a "manufactured" scare tactic promulgated by oil companies as a way to raise gas prices....
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Windy remnants of Hurricane Ike visited Richmond today, zapping locals power and dropping tree trunks. Wayne County Emergency Communications Director Barry Ritter said dispatch today has fielded literally hundreds of calls since about 1 p.m., when...
Thunderstorms and flash floods complicated rescue efforts in Texas yesterday as helicopter and boat crews fought to save people stranded by Hurricane Ike. About 2,000 people were plucked to safety in the biggest search-and-rescue operation in the state's...