CONSUMER WATCH: Know how to file a claim after a storm 09/21/08 12:06 AM
Virginia homeowners, you may have escaped the ravages of hurricanes Hanna and Ike. But Josephine, Kyle, Laura and Marco are in the lineup -- and they could wreak havoc.

Bush tours region devastated by Ike 09/17/08 12:09 AM
President Bush got a firsthand look yesterday at the fury that Hurricane Ike unleashed on the Gulf Coast, and was greeted by a virtual ghost town here where it made landfall. He urged frustrated storm evacuees to keep it that way until local officials say it is safe to return. "I know a lot of people are anxious to get back in," Bush said. "I urge you to listen to state and local authorities before you come back."

Virginians aid Ike relief in Texas, La. 09/16/08 12:09 AM
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced yesterday that resources from Virginia have been sent to Louisiana and Texas to help with hurricane relief efforts. Dominion Virginia Power also has sent about 480 workers to assist in returning power to storm-damaged parts of the Gulf Coast region, company spokesman Dan Genest said.

Houston sets curfew after storm 09/15/08 12:09 AM
Rescuers said yesterday that they had saved nearly 2,000 people from the waterlogged streets and splintered houses left behind by Hurricane Ike.

Gasoline prices on rise in region 09/15/08 12:09 AM
Gasoline prices in the Richmond-Petersburg area spiked 20 cents per gallon on average from Friday morning to yesterday morning, AAA Mid-Atlantic reported.

Nearly 2,000 saved post-Hurricane Ike 09/14/08 12:09 AM
Rescue crews canvassing neighborhoods with dump trucks, helicopters and airboats have saved nearly 2,000 residents who ignored evacuation orders and stayed to face Hurricane Ike, authorities said Sunday.

Richmond area sees gas prices surge, with some stations cutting off sales 09/14/08 12:09 AM
Hurricane Ike's effects reached the Richmond area yesterday as residents scrambled for the cheapest gas and some stations cut off sales, saying they had run out of supplies.

By air, boat and truck, search on for Ike victims  09/13/08 12:09 AM
Rescue crews in high-wheel trucks, helicopters and boats ventured out to pluck people from their homes Saturday in an all-out search for thousands of Texans who stubbornly stayed behind overnight to face Hurricane Ike.

Conservation police go to La. 09/13/08 12:09 AM
Virginia is sending 21 conservation police officers to Louisiana in response to Hurricane Ike, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced yesterday.

Va. volunteers go to Texas 09/13/08 12:09 AM
Some Virginia volunteers are still in Louisiana for the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. Now, more are arriving in Texas for the onslaught of Hurricane Ike.

Despite peril, some people decide to ride out storm 09/13/08 12:09 AM
At first, even the threat of "certain death" was not enough to persuade Bobby Taylor to flee Surfside Beach, Texas, a small town directly in the path of Hurricane Ike. His wife, Elizabeth, had already decided to leave before police drove a dump truck through flooded streets, urging people to get out.

Ike will push gas to $4 09/13/08 12:08 AM
Retail gasoline prices started to climb yesterday in the Richmond area and are likely to shoot above $4 a gallon this weekend, thanks to Hurricane Ike.

1900 hurricane changed Galveston _ and forecasting 09/12/08 11:51 PM
HOUSTON -- The storm came without a name - without warning - and it shaped the future of weather forecasting. It's known simply as The Great Storm of 1900, and it was the worst natural disaster ever to hit the United States.

Hundreds of homes flood as Ike passes Louisiana 09/12/08 11:49 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- Storm surge driven by Hurricane Ike breached levees in coastal Louisiana Friday and flooded hundreds of homes in areas along the Gulf of Mexico still recovering from Gustav.

Huge storm surge expected along coast 09/12/08 12:09 AM
Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants yesterday as Hurricane Ike took aim at the heart of the U.S. refining industry and threatened to send a wall of water crashing toward Houston. Ike's gargantuan size -- not its strength -- will likely push an extra-large storm surge inland in a region already prone to it, experts said yesterday.

Ike floods roads, whips waves along Texas  09/12/08 12:09 AM
Hurricane Ike, a colossal storm nearly as big as Texas itself, began battering the coast Friday.

Hurricane to raise gas prices 09/12/08 12:08 AM
Hurricane Ike may be far from Virginia, but local residents are likely to feel its wrath in the form of higher gas prices. Prices at the pump are likely to jump in the Richmond area today and over the weekend as Ike threatens major Gulf Coast oil refineries and pipelines, several local petroleum industry experts said yesterday.

Expect higher gas prices soon 09/11/08 4:51 PM
Gas prices could jump in the Richmond area tomorrow and during the weekend as Hurricane Ike threatens Gulf Coast oil refineries.

Gasoline prices spike as Ike heads toward Texas  09/11/08 2:52 PM

Ike gains steam; Texans evacuate 09/11/08 12:09 AM
The frail and elderly were put aboard buses yesterday, and authorities warned 1 million other people to flee inland as Hurricane Ike steamed toward Texas and the nation's largest concentration of oil refineries and chemical plants. Ike builds: Drawing energy from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the strengthening storm was expected to blow ashore early Saturday somewhere between Corpus Christi and Houston, with some forecasts saying it could become a fearsome Category 4 system with winds of 131 mph.