6 Years After Hurricane Ike, Texas Coast Remains Vulnerable

Galveston Island, Texas, after Hurricane Ike Sept. 13. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr. Photo source: ©© Chuck Simmins

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For places like the Texas Gulf coast, which on average gets slammed with a major hurricane every 15 years, higher waters mean a storm today will tend to be much more dangerous than one of equivalent strength several decades ago.

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