http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Hurricane_IkeFind stories, videos, and photos about Hurricane Ike from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:05:37 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Hurricane_Ike14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Hurricane Ike from CNN.com.http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/10/smallbusiness/houston_gulf_coast_dynamo.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/10/smallbusiness/houston_gulf_coast_dynamo.fsb/index.htmFor Bryan Caswell, co-owner and chef at Houston's trendy Reef restaurant, the best thing about the Bayou City is the freedom to leave. The Houston native spent nine years perfecting his culinary skills in Bangkok, Barcelona, Hong Kong and Manhattan before opening a well-reviewed seafood eatery in his hometown. He now devotes two or three weekends a month to fishing on the Gulf Coast.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/05/15/hurricane.scale/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/05/15/hurricane.scale/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe National Hurricane Center is no longer including storm surges and flooding in its hurricane categories out of concern that people aren't heeding proper warnings, because the surges haven't always matched the levels predicted in each category.Fri, 15 May 2009 19:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/28/endangered.places/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/28/endangered.places/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston, Texas, in September, the 12-block Strand Historic District, with its 19th-century buildings and their elaborate cast-iron storefronts, was awash in 13 feet of saltwater, oil and debris.Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/01/30/winter.weather/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/01/30/winter.weather/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe brutal winter storm that caused havoc from Texas to Maine has paralyzed swaths of Kentucky, where officials are working to cope with what they say is the worst power outage in the state's history.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/23/nasa.space.images/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/23/nasa.space.images/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrom columns of cloud streaking over the Caspian Sea in January to vast tracts of cleared forest in Bolivia in December. In 2008, the NASA Earth Observatory has captured more stunning images of the Earth.Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/22/last.house.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/22/last.house.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe streets are dark and the town is deserted, but Pam and Warren Adams still put up Christmas lights outside their Gilchrist, Texas, home. It is one of the few remaining after Hurricane Ike devastated the area in September.Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/30/hurricane.season.ends/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/30/hurricane.season.ends/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe 2008 Atlantic hurricane season ended Sunday, marking the finish of one of the busiest and costliest hurricane seasons ever.Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:42:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/26/news/economy/gas_prices_sink/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/26/news/economy/gas_prices_sink/index.htmGasoline prices declined for the 70th straight day, falling below the $1.87 per gallon mark, according to a national survey of credit card swipes at gasoline stations.Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:50:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/04/news/economy/factory_orders/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/04/news/economy/factory_orders/index.htmNew factory orders fell more than expected in September, marking the second decline in a row, the government announced Tuesday.Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:41:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/31/news/economy/personal_income_spending/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/31/news/economy/personal_income_spending/index.htmPersonal spending declined at a faster than expected rate in September, falling to its lowest level in more than four years, according to government figures released Friday.Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:11:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/30/news/economy/jobless_claims/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/30/news/economy/jobless_claims/index.htmThe number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment insurance did not change from last week, remaining at an elevated level that indicates weakness in the nation's economy.Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:27:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/22/real_estate/home_policy.moneymag/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/22/real_estate/home_policy.moneymag/index.htmAs if it weren't bad enough that home prices are going down (way down), the cost of homeowners insurance is also moving in the wrong direction: up (in some areas, way up).Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:17:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/23/news/economy/jobless_claims/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/23/news/economy/jobless_claims/index.htmThe number of out-of-work Americans filing new claims for unemployment insurance rose last week, the government said Thursday, reflecting continuing weakness in the nation's economy.Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:09:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/16/news/economy/industrial_production/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/16/news/economy/industrial_production/index.htmProduction at the nation's factories fell into a virtual tailspin in September, declining by the largest amount in nearly 34 years, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday.Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:35:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/09/news/economy/jobless_claims/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/09/news/economy/jobless_claims/index.htmThe number of out-of-work Americans filing new claims for unemployment insurance last week edged off a seven-year high but was higher than economists' estimates, according to a government report released Thursday.Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:08:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/07/news/economy/_prices/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/07/news/economy/_prices/index.htmIf there's one bright spot in a bad economy, it's that gasoline prices have fallen, and they're expected to drop even further.Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/06/cuba.food.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/06/cuba.food.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTextMany Cubans thought they'd left behind forever the grim, hungry days that were the norm just after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and, with it, the loss of billions of dollars in subsidies for the Communist state.Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:47:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847378,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847378,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe environmental damage of Hurricane Ike is only now becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of MexicoSun, 05 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847354,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847354,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long; this storm wasn't like the othersSat, 04 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1847225,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1847225,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOne of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent. Blame Hurricane IkeFri, 03 Oct 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1847033,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1847033,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA homeowner whose beachfront property in Texas was destroyed during Hurricane Ike has found a football-size fossil tooth in the debrisFri, 03 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/02/ike.missing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/02/ike.missing/index.html#cnnSTCTextAlligators loom over submerged cars. Mountains of debris are embedded in the ground. The bodies of cows, trucks and the remnants of homes lie in and out of the water. And unverified sightings of missing loved ones make the rounds.Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/02/ike.price.gouging/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/02/ike.price.gouging/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Texas attorney general sued a hotel and a motel Thursday, accusing them of price gouging during September's exodus of more than 1 million Gulf Coast residents ahead of Hurricane Ike.Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:13:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/26/news/economy/gasshortage_okeefe.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/26/news/economy/gasshortage_okeefe.fortune/index.htmWhile Congress and Bush administration officials have been working to complete a bailout plan and stem the financial contagion on Wall Street, a different kind of economic crisis emerged across the South this week: A severe, hurricane-related gasoline shortage has curtailed trucking from Atlanta to Asheville, N.C., and created a wave of panic buying among motorists.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/26/gas.shortage.roundup/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/26/gas.shortage.roundup/index.html#cnnSTCTextGas shortages are afflicting drivers across the Southeast. Some of the problems were caused by Hurricane Ike affecting oil production and refining along the Gulf Coast, but empty gas pumps also are being blamed on the consumers themselves.Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/26/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/26/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmGas prices dropped for the ninth day in a row, bringing the total decline to nearly 17 cents over that time period, according to a nationwide survey of credit card swipes at gasoline stations.Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:21:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/25/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/25/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmGas prices extended their decline, falling for the eighth day in a row, according to a nationwide survey of credit card swipes at gasoline stations.Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/24/galveston.ike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/24/galveston.ike/index.html#cnnSTCTextResidents of Galveston Island, Texas, were returning to their homes Wednesday, almost three weeks after Hurricane Ike devastated Texas' Gulf Coast.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/election.warnings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/election.warnings/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top election official warned of a potential "tsunami" on Election Day because of serious problems facing overburdened state and local officials preparing for an unprecedented turnout at the polls November 4.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:06:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/24/markets/oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/24/markets/oil/index.htmOil prices slipped Wednesday, in a rocky session, as a government report showed weaker year-over-year demand and record-low gasoline supplies and refinery utilization.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:08:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1843999,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1843999,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNASA is delaying next month's shuttle launch to the Hubble Space Telescope because of problems stemming from Hurricane Ike and replacement parts for the observatoryWed, 24 Sep 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1843873,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1843873,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMany residents who fled this storm-ravaged island waited in their cars for permission to return and see for themselves what Hurricane Ike had done to their homesWed, 24 Sep 2008 13:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/24/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/24/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmGas prices retreated for the seventh day in a row, nearing pre-Ike levels, according to a nationwide survey of credit card swipes at gasoline stations.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/18/ike.last.house.standing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/18/ike.last.house.standing/index.html#cnnSTCTextWarren and Pam Adams lost a house to Hurricane Rita in 2005, so you might think they'd be relieved their new home withstood Hurricane Ike last week.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/17/ike.recovery.starbucks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/17/ike.recovery.starbucks/index.html#cnnSTCTextCome for the vanilla latte. Stay to find someone who can help you haul that fallen tree from your yard.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:50:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/23/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/23/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmGas prices fell back, yet again, marking the sixth straight decline, according to a nationwide survey of credit card swipes at gasoline stations.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/22/ike.evacuees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/22/ike.evacuees/index.html#cnnSTCTextAbout 1,600 Hurricane Ike evacuees from the Texas coast headed home on state-chartered buses Monday after spending the week in shelters in the Fort Worth area.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:35:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_heyman/09/22/heyman.stadium/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_heyman/09/22/heyman.stadium/index.htmlNEW YORK -- Everyone said goodbye Sunday night to the grand old lady known around here simply as The Stadium, and the going-away party worked perfectly for the about-to-be-demolished ballpark.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/13/ike.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/13/ike.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTextA tugboat on Saturday reached a disabled freighter carrying 22 people, hours after the ship rode out Hurricane Ike without power, Coast Guard spokesman Mike O'Berry said.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:53:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/22/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/22/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmGas prices decreased for the fifth day in a row, according to a nationwide survey of credit card swipes at gasoline stations.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:22:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/21/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/21/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmGas prices fell another 2 cents, marking the fourth straight decline after rising more than 18 cents in 8 days following Hurricane Ike, according to a nationwide survey of credit card swipes at gasoline stations.Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/20/galveston.return/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/20/galveston.return/index.html#cnnSTCTextResidents of Galveston Island, Texas, who were evacuated before Hurricane Ike strafed the Texas Gulf coast can return to their homes Wednesday, but they will find few comforts, Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said Saturday.Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:02:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/20/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/20/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmGas prices fell for their third-straight day Saturday after climbing for more than a week on the heels of hurricanes that shut down much of the nation's refineries, according to a nationwide survey of credit card swipes at gasoline stations.Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:06:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1843098,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1843098,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsRisk Management Assessment Inc., which quantifies risks for insurance companies, estimated Ike's impact would land in the low end of the $6 billion to $16 billion in insured losses that the firm initially predictedSat, 20 Sep 2008 07:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/19/markets/oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/19/markets/oil/index.htmOil prices zoomed back above $104 a barrel Friday as hope grew on Wall Street that a government bailout could help ease the credit crisis putting a stranglehold on the U.S. economy.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:03:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1842877,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1842877,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsKey events for the week of September 12 - 18, 2008Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20227515,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20227515,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe singer's Farm Aid organization donates $30,000 to people in Texas and LouisianaFri, 19 Sep 2008 17:17:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1842726,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1842726,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIt'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 staggeringFri, 19 Sep 2008 11:25:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/19/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/19/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htmGas prices fell for the second-straight day Friday, after rising for eight consecutive days following the refinery-battering Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, according to a nationwide survey of credit card swipes at gasoline stations.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/18/hurricane.ike.aftermath.roundup/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/18/hurricane.ike.aftermath.roundup/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's been five days since Hurricane Ike smashed into the Texas coast, but people are still struggling mightily with its effects.Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/18/markets/oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/18/markets/oil/index.htmOil prices churned Thursday as analysts weighed the impact the recent turmoil on Wall Street would have on demand for energy with a desire to move assets out of stocks and into the perceived safety of commodities.Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/14/houston.aftermath/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/14/houston.aftermath/index.html#cnnSTCTextHouston's police chief announced Sunday a weeklong nighttime curfew for Texas' largest city, a day after Hurricane Ike barreled ashore just southeast of there.Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/16/texas.life/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/16/texas.life/index.html#cnnSTCTextAraceli Garcia's quarter-mile trip to the grocery store Tuesday morning took 2 ½ hours. She came away with $72 worth of food from the H-E-B supermarket and considers herself blessed.Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:11:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/18/news/economy/hurricane_aftermath/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/18/news/economy/hurricane_aftermath/index.htmGas prices fell for the first time in nine days after two powerful hurricanes entered the Gulf of Mexico and smashed through the heart of the nation's oil infrastructure, but questions lingered about when production would be restored.Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/17/hurricane.ike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/17/hurricane.ike/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour days after Hurricane Ike strafed the Texas Gulf Coast and Houston region, evacuees and survivors stood in hours-long lines Wednesday in several cities to get the bare necessities.Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:43:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/17/markets/oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/17/markets/oil/index.htmOil prices jumped $6 a barrel Wednesday - staging the second largest one-day surge on record - as Wall Street's precipitous decline sent investors scrambling to find other places to park their money.Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:21:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1841918,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1841918,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsResidents of this hurricane-wrecked island city launched an ill-advised attempt to return to their crippled hometown Wednesday, but instead fumed in hours of gridlocked traffic only to be turned away at the bridgeWed, 17 Sep 2008 18:05:00 EDT