Where did hurricane ike make landfall?

Now that Hurricane Harvey has made landfall in Southeast Texas, it’s a good idea to look at the lessons of the last hurricane to hit the area, Hurricane Ike. After wreaking havoc in the Caribbean and Cuba, the storm made landfall in Texas on September 12, 2008 at 2:10 a.m. CDT. read more

On the morning of September 13, 2008, the eye of Hurricane Ike approached the upper Texas coast, making landfall at 2:10 am CDT over the east end of Galveston Island, with a high storm surge, and travelled north up Galveston Bay, along the east side of Houston (see storm-path image). read more