Hurricane Ike Sweeps Across the Gulf

Wash Out
The town of Crystal Beach, Texas, was flooded by Hurricane Ike. The storm roared ashore hours before daybreak with 110 mph winds and towering waves, smashing houses, flooding thousands of homes, blowing out windows in Houston's skyscrapers, and cutting off power to more than 3 million people, perhaps for weeks.

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