Hurricane Ike is expected to hit near Galveston late Friday as a Category 3 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center's latest forecast models. Category 3 storms feature sustained wind speeds ...

AUSTIN, Texas, September 12, 2008 (ENS) - Rushing across the Gulf of Mexico towards Galveston and Houston, Texas, Hurricane Ike is predicted to be a Category 3 hurricane before landfall at around 1 ...

Powerful hurricanes have shaped coastal communities for centuries, leaving behind destruction that can alter entire regions.

AUSTIN, Texas, September 11, 2008 (ENS) - Residents of the Houston-Galveston area and four northern counties on the Texas Gulf Coast have been ordered to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike, now headed ...

HOUSTON, TX, USA A monster-sized Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast late Friday, threatening to rattle the sparkling skyscrapers of America's fourth-largest city, shut down the heart of the ...

Gustav weakened into a tropical depression early Tuesday as it moved slowly into northwestern Louisiana.The National Hurricane Center predicted the depression would slowly move northwest across ...