Devastated Texas coast still dangerous after Ike
China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-23 07:44
Businesses were beginning to reopen, cell phone service was improving and power was coming back, but leaders warned that Texas' storm-wrecked Galveston Island remains dangerous more than a week after Hurricane Ike's devastating assault.
Fuel and other essentials remained scarce and police will indefinitely enforce a 6 pm to 6 am curfew once the island reopens tomorrow.
And it could be weeks or more before basic services are restored in all areas. Still, the island is far from deserted - at least 15,000 people ignored mandatory evacuation orders before and after the storm, and many of them were still there on Sunday.
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