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45,000 given go-ahead to return to Galveston
GALVESTON, Texas - One week after Hurricane Ike wiped out whole neighborhoods and nearly every basic service in Galveston, there is a plan to start letting some 45,000 evacuees back to their hobbled hometown.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:Chris Duncan Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-20
Galveston lays out plan for residents' return
GALVESTON, Texas - Authorities laid out a plan Friday -- a week after Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas coast with 110-mph winds and relentless storm surge -- to let about 45,000 anxious evacuees back onto Galveston Island for good.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:Chris Duncan Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-19
Texas a grim tableau nearly a week after Ike
GALVESTON, Texas - It's been nearly a week since Hurricane Ike bulled ashore, and the images of once-bustling coastal Texas communities reduced to only a faint shadow of their old selves are no less staggering.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:Chris Duncan Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-19
Miserable post-Ike life won't change soon for many
GALVESTON, Texas - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was due back in hurricane-ravaged Texas for a second time to check on recovery efforts Wednesday as misery dragged on for many going into their fifth day after Ike.
Nations:U.S. People:Chris Duncan Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-17
Nearly 2,000 brought to safety in Texas
GALVESTON, Texas - Rescuers searching the waterlogged streets and splintered houses left behind by Hurricane Ike said Sunday they had saved nearly 2,000 people -- many of whom then boarded buses to shelters without knowing where they were going or when they could come home.
Nations:U.S. People:Chris Duncan Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-14
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