From http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/09/15/hurricane-aftermath.htmlsee link for more info.
U.S. authorities said Monday that Hurricane Ike was responsible for at least 28 deaths in nine states on the weekend.
Officials said the death toll could rise as officials search houses
in the hardest hit areas of Texas to find people who defied evacuation
orders.
The search-and-rescue operation involving 1,500 workers is said to be the largest in Texas history.
Thousands of Texas residents, meanwhile, were in crowded shelters on
Monday after their homes were damaged or destroyed in the hurricane.
Officials said they could be there indefinitely.
Houston, strewn with glass after the storm blew through on the
weekend, was placed under a weeklong curfew to ensure public safety,
according to Houston police Chief Harold Hurtt.
The curfew from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. will not be lifted until
Saturday morning. About a million people were said to be without power
in the Houston area.
Hardest hit areas in Texas include Orange, Bridge City and Galveston.
