The sea wall protects only about a third of ... Later that year, Hurricane Ike battered the Galveston coast and damaged the ...

The long-envisioned Ike Dike project entails constructing a multifaceted coastal barrier system off the coast of Galveston ...

But Galveston did not need Harvey's wake-up call to tune into its increasing vulnerability. A decade earlier, Hurricane Ike already clobbered the island, overtopping the seawall that had stood to ...

The Galveston Island Historic Pleasure ... It was originally built in the 1940s, but in 1961 Hurricane Carla completely destroyed it; later in 2008, Hurricane Ike severely damaged it too, and ...

Hurricane Harvey and other storms have shown ... For now, two massive reservoirs west of downtown Houston hold back rainfall. A seawall in Galveston buffers storm surge from the Gulf.

(CNN) -- A tugboat on Saturday reached a disabled freighter carrying 22 people, hours after the ship rode out Hurricane Ike without power ... 90 miles southeast of Galveston" and was unable ...

Adults will enjoy East Beach (aka R.A. Apffel Park) and the beaches lining Seawall ... attractions, Galveston also boasts a unique outdoor art project. In 2008, Hurricane Ike decimated many ...

Hurricane Harvey and other storms have shown ... For now, two massive reservoirs west of downtown Houston hold back rainfall. A seawall in Galveston buffers storm surge from the Gulf.