HOUSTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Officials say Hurricane Ike has left utilities in Houston with a huge repair bill that will most likely result in higher electricity rates for area residents.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress will begin work on a measure to provide federal aid to victims Hurricane Ike, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday.
HOUSTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Hurricane Ike's trek toward the Houston area Friday poses the second hurricane threat in two weeks to the U.S. oil industry, analysts said.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- At least 60 people were killed in Haiti when Hurricane Ike passed over the Caribbean nation, Haitian radio reported Tuesday.
MIAMI, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The eye of Hurricane Ike was over the Turks and Caicos Islands late Saturday with the dangerous storm headed for Cuba.
MIAMI, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency Friday, saying Hurricane Ike could force the evacuation of up to 1.3 million people by Tuesday.
MIAMI, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. forecasters described Hurricane Ike as "extremely dangerous" as it spun Thursday over the Atlantic Ocean and tracked toward the Caribbean.
MIAMI, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Ike debuted as a hurricane Wednesday afternoon, moving westward toward the Caribbean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.
SABINE PASS, Texas, April 16 (UPI) -- Dwarfed by the greater devastation of Hurricane Katrina, many small town Texas victims of a later storm called Rita are finding recovery difficult.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Hurricane Rita hit land late Friday at the Texas-Louisiana border.
