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September 1 - 15, 2008. Areas affected: Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Southeast Texas, South Central United States, Great Lakes region, Canada. Hurricane Ike formed in Cape Verdes swept past the Florida Keys, and landed with a severe storm surge in Galveston, TX on Sept 13, 2008. Ike caused $249 billion damages and 92 attributed fatalities throughout Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas with an additional 47 billion damages and 28 fatalities in the Ohio valley as a tropical storm.