Hurricane Ike (2008)

The storm began as a tropical disturbance south of Cape Verde in the eastern central Atlantic and went on to cross the Greater Antilles, hitting agriculture and infrastructure hardest in Cuba and Texas. Fuelled by warm water in the Gulf of Mexico it re-strengthened before making landfall near Galveston, Texas on 13 September 2008. Its size spread damage from the Louisiana coastline to the Kenedy County area near Corpus Christi. It was the ninth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, the fifth hurricane and the third major hurricane.

Formed (UTC)

2008-09-01

Dissipated (UTC)

2008-09-15

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

125

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

Deaths, as sources state them

at least 195

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2008245N17323

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic hurricane, 2008 season, texas, cuba, gulf of mexico, landfall

Coordinates: 22.366585057333157, -82.29975517199948

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 2008 to 2016 seasons

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