A fire is burning at Brennans Restaurant, a well known Texas Creole restaurant in downtown Houston.

The eye of hurricane Ike has powered onto land in Galveston, Texas, and the storm is punishing the shoreline with 110 mph winds.

Hurricane Ike remained a Category 2 hurricane with winds topping 100 mph, as it started moving away from Houston on Saturday morning. (Sept. 13)

Forecasters say the sheer size of Hurricane Ike, almost as big as Texas itself, means hours more of it battering the state. The storm slammed onto Galveston Island this morning, flooding thousands of homes.