Hurricane ike path
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Hurricane Ike
Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 2008
Not to be confused with Hurricane Ioke.This article is about the 2008 Atlantic hurricane. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Ike.
Hurricane Ike () was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas. Ike took a similar track to the 1900 Galveston hurricane. The ninth tropical storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Ike developed from a tropical wave west of Cape Verde on September 1[nb 1] and strengthened to a peak intensity as a Category 4 hurricane over the open waters of the central Atlantic on September 4 as it tracked westward. Several fluctuations in strength occurred before Ike made landfall on eastern Cuba on September 8. The hurricane weakened prior to continuing into the Gulf of Mexico, but increased its intensity by the time of its final landfall in
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Synopsis
Ike evolved from a tropical disturbance that moved off the west coast of Africa at the end of August. On the morning of September 1st, a tropical depression formed approximately 1750 miles east of Puerto Rico. The depression quickly strengthened into a tropical storm later that afternoon. Moving west-northwest, Ike strengthened into a hurricane on the afternoon of September 3rd, and was located approximately 885 miles east-northeast of Puerto Rico. Ike rapidly intensified into a major hurricane late that afternoon and into the evening hours, reaching a maximum intensity of 145 mph during the early morning hours on Thursday, September 4th.
Continuing to move west and then west-southwest, Ike began to impact the Turks and Caicos Islands on Saturday, September 6th. On Sunday, September 7th, as a category 4 hurricane, Ike slammed into the island of Great Inagua. By Sunday night, Ike moved to the Cuban coast and made another landfall as a major hurricane near the prov
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Hurricane Ike Synopsis
As Hurricane Gustav was raking Southeast Louisiana on Labor Day, future Hurricane Ike was in his embryonic stages. A tropical disturbance moved off the west coast of Africa at the end of August. On the morning of September 1st, Tropical Depression 9 formed approximately 1750 miles east of Puerto Rico. The depression quickly strengthened into Tropical Storm Ike later that afternoon. Moving west-northwest, Tropical Storm Ike became Hurricane Ike on the afternoon of September 3rd, and was located approximately 885 miles east-northeast of Puerto Rico. Ike rapidly intensified into a major hurricane late that afternoon and into the evening hours, reaching a maximum intensity of 145 mph during the early morning hours on Thursday, September 4th.
Ike moved west and then west-southwest, to impact the Turks and Caicos Islands on Saturday, September 6th. On Sunday, September 7th, Ike slammed into the island of Great Inagua as a Category 4 hurricane. By Sunday night, Ike moved to the Cuban coast and made another landfall near the province of Holguin near Pu
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