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| − | '''Hurricane Ike''' was a category 2 [[hurricane]] and was expected to make landfall in [[Houston]], [[Texas]] on September | + | '''Hurricane Ike''' was a category 2 [[hurricane]] and was expected to make landfall in [[Houston]], [[Texas]] on September 14, 2008 as a Category 3 with winds exceeding 131 miles an hour.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/us/12ike.html?ref=us</ref> Ike has been ranked as the seventh most expensive catastrophe in the United States history. Mike Barry of the Insurance Information Institute in New York said there was $8.1 billion in insured damage from Hurricane Ike.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458790,00.html This Year's Hurricane Season Set New Records], Associated Press, Fox News, November 28, 2008</ref> |
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| − | *[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432862,00.html Galveston Residents Who Insisted on Staying Died in Ike], Associated Press, ''Fox News'', October | + | *[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432862,00.html Galveston Residents Who Insisted on Staying Died in Ike], Associated Press, ''Fox News'', October 5, 2008 |
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Revision as of 05:21, July 12, 2016
Hurricane Ike was a category 2 hurricane and was expected to make landfall in Houston, Texas on September 14, 2008 as a Category 3 with winds exceeding 131 miles an hour.[1] Ike has been ranked as the seventh most expensive catastrophe in the United States history. Mike Barry of the Insurance Information Institute in New York said there was $8.1 billion in insured damage from Hurricane Ike.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/us/12ike.html?ref=us
- ↑ This Year's Hurricane Season Set New Records, Associated Press, Fox News, November 28, 2008
External links
- Galveston Residents Who Insisted on Staying Died in Ike, Associated Press, Fox News, October 5, 2008