IKE

For the latest update on Hurricane IKE and the current series of Gulf and Atlantic storms go to the NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center web page, click here...*

The HAZUS-MH Hurricane Model allows users to estimate the economic and social losses from hurricane winds. The information provided by the model can be used by state and local officials in evaluating, planning for, and mitigating the effects of hurricane winds. For more info on the HAZUS-MH Hurricane Model, click here...

A CNN article reports that HAZUS-MH estimates that Hurricane IKE will cause $11.8 billion in damage, including $10 billion in property damage. HAZUS.org has no information as to the source of these estimates or who performed the HAZUS-MH runs that CNN is quoting. Readers are cautioned that results from HAZUS-MH simulations can vary dramatrically depending on the accuracy of input data.

Other resources ...
Texas Governor's Division of Emergency Management
FEMA Region VI
FEMA
Texas HAZUS User Group - TXHUG
HURRTRAK
HurricaneMapping.com

Read more about the September 8, 1900 Galveston Hurricane ...
CNN Continental Remembrance
The 1900 Storm


* NOTE: HAZUS.org should not be used for time critical disaster information. Information posted on HAZUS.org is intended to support the HAZUS user community prior to, during and after disasters.