September 11, 2008 | Weather Texas evacuates parts of Gulf Coast ahead of Ike HOUSTON - Authorities in the Houston area and along the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast ordered hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate Thursday as Ike bore down with hurricane-force winds that stretched across more than 200 miles and could gain even more strength.
September 10, 2008 | Weather Hurricane Ike gets stronger on a path to Texas HOUSTON — Hurricane Ike strengthened in the Gulf’s warm waters Wednesday and churned toward the Texas coast, and officials started to evacuate the first of millions of residents who could be in the storm’s path.
September 9, 2008 | Weather Ike kills 4 in Cuba, takes aim at Mexico, US Gulf HAVANA — Hurricane Ike roared south of Cuba’s densely populated capital of fragile aging buildings after tearing across the island nation, ravaging homes, killing at least four people and forcing 1.2 million to evacuate.
September 8, 2008 | Weather Hurricane Ike on track to veer away from Keys KEY WEST, Fla. - Authorities called off evacuation orders for the Florida Keys on Monday as a ferocious Hurricane Ike shifted south over Cuba and appeared on track to miss the low-lying U.S. island chain. September 7, 2008 | Weather Ike blasts Turks and Caicos as Category 4 storm PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos - Hurricane Ike damaged most of the homes on Grand Turk island as it roared onto the Bahamas, raked Haiti's flooded cities with rain and threatened the Florida Keys on its way to Cuba as a ferocious Category 4 storm Sunday.
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