Hurricane Ike’s Effects Linger in the Great Lakes

Although Hurricane Ike is long gone, its impact lingers more than a thousand miles from where it made landfall. Runoff from tributaries dumped massive amounts of sediment into Lake Michigan, contaminating the water, compromising near-shore navigation and raising E coli bacteria to levels unsafe for swimming. Read more

Images of Texas Neighborhood Devastated by Hurricane Ike Now Online

Before-and-after Hurricane Ike photographs showing the near total destruction of a coastal neighborhood in Texas are now accessible online. On Monday, Sept. 15, a team of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists flew the coast impacted by Hurricane Ike and acquired photographs and video. Images of Crystal Beach, Texas, on the Bolivar Peninsula are compared to aerial photographs of the same area taken Sept. 9, several days before Ike's landfall, and are now available. Read more

Pollution Response Continues in Wake of Ike

The Unified Command here continues to make steady progress identifying, assessing and overseeing the cleanup of post-hurricane pollution sites throughout southeast Texas Sunday. Read more

Mobile Recovery Center Shifts Sites in Houston

The mobile Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) at the Antoine Medical Office Building on Antoine Drive in Houston has moved. Read more

Use Disaster Assistance Grants Wisely

Disaster assistance payments are bringing some much needed financial help to Texans affected by Hurricane Ike. But those payments come with some words of advice from state and federal officials: Be cautious, use them wisely. Read more