Nearly 2,000 brought to safety in Texas after Ike

Posted by The Stark Foundation in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX on Sep 15, 2008

September 15, 2008 BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1163933,ike091508.article

 

GALVESTON, Texas---- As teams persisted in the biggest search and rescue operation in Texas history, a new phase of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Ike was only beginning while thousands of people faced long stays in crowded shelters because their homes were damaged or destroyed.

The death toll from Ike rose to 28, but many of those were far to the north of the Gulf Coast as the storm slogged across the nation's midsection, leaving a trail of flooding and destruction. Glass-strewn Houston was placed under a weeklong curfew, and millions of people in the storm's path remained in the dark.

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