(CNN)-- With at least three video cameras trained on the Gulf of Mexico and floodwaters rising around him in Galveston, Texas, Mark Sudduth prepared Friday to ride out Hurricane Ike from a hotel ...

But Galveston did not need Harvey's wake-up call to tune into its increasing vulnerability. A decade earlier, Hurricane Ike already clobbered the island, overtopping the seawall that had stood to ...

Among them are hundreds of ghosts of bodies burned on the beaches here. The effects of the hurricane of 1900, the Galveston Flood, sit in the bones of this town. The seawall reverberates with the echo ...

has been in the works since Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston in 2008. The Texas House Committee on Natural Resources discussed a bill Wednesday that would create a Gulf Coast Protection Account ...

(CNN)-- Hurricane ... from Ike's outer bands would have passed and essential services would have been fully restored. iReport.com: Fleeing the Keys as Ike nears Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas of Galveston ...

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas — Three Galveston smoke shops, including locations on the Seawall and the Strand, were recently raided and their owner was arrested and charged with multiple felonies.

Hurricane Harvey and other storms have shown ... For now, two massive reservoirs west of downtown Houston hold back rainfall. A seawall in Galveston buffers storm surge from the Gulf.

The Galveston Island Historic Pleasure ... It was originally built in the 1940s, but in 1961 Hurricane Carla completely destroyed it; later in 2008, Hurricane Ike severely damaged it too, and ...

Seawall Boulevard is also where ... In addition to the aforementioned attractions, Galveston also boasts a unique outdoor art project. In 2008, Hurricane Ike decimated many of the island's trees.