Rescuers descend on Texas

Damage extensive, but not worst case

By The Washington Post / The Bulletin
September 14, 2008

Texas began a massive recovery effort Saturday after Hurricane Ike, a colossal storm stretching about 600 miles, pulverized the coast with maximum winds of about 100 mph as it flattened houses, ripped the glass windows from downtown office buildings and left a wide swath of flooding and....

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