Paloma lost its punch as it stalled over Cuba on Sunday and was downgraded to a tropical depression after coming ashore as powerful hurricane that battered the island still recovering from two earlier storms. Paloma left a trail of destruction …
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1.2 million evacuate ahead of Ike
More than one million people have evacuated coastal Texas ahead of Ike, a “worst-case scenario” hurricane promising to devastate the US Gulf Coast, the governor of Texas said today. “There is a point in time when Mother Nature will overcome …
Hurricane Ike Sends Waves Crashing as It Barrels Toward Texas, Residents Warned of ‘Certain Death
GALVESTON, Texas — A massive Hurricane Ike sent white waves crashing over a seawall and tossed a disabled 584-foot freighter in rough water as it steamed toward Texas Friday, threatening to devastate coastal towns and batter America’s fourth-largest city. Ike’s …