Chris Cantell Discusses US News: Evacuations begin in Texas ahead of Hurricane Ike by Radka Konkolova

This month has been very unpleasant for people living on the East coasts of the United States. Thanks climatic changes and sea streams several hurricanes and tropical storms hitting that areas occurred and it is not yet the end of them. Hurricane Gustav what had been the first huge and very strength one fortunately passed away but meanwhile other ones have taken place.

Currently the most redoubtable tropical storm is going through Texas and its nearby states ashore. Its name is Ike and according to the forecast it will be stronger than Gustav was. Supposedly the wind will blow at speed of 131 mph what means the fearsome Category 4 of possible 5. It is already very strength but it will get stronger within few days. The strongest hit is predicted to come on early Saturday. So four counties surrounding Houston is now being mandatory or voluntary evacuated inlands. Officials have ordered to evacuate frail, elderly, weak and chronically ill people to the safe places inlands and they were put aboard the buses. Other approximately million people were warned to hide in some safe place over this element.

This strong tropical storm has been drawing the energy by warm waters from Gulf of Mexico. It will be very dangerous and people are afraid of it. It is predicted it will hit the area between towns of Houston and Corpus Christi the most. In that very area there is the biggest density of oil refineries which produce about a quarter of American petrol production. So when Ike hit damage or completely destroy them, it will be a problem not only for that area or America but for the whole world, too. And this case could cause that gas will be rising again.

This hurricane Ike would after hitting Texas strike also Cuba. Cuban people haven’t had time to recover. But hopefully when they pass through this now, probably they will finally have rest after such catastrophes…

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080910/ap_on_re_us/ike_texas;_ylt=AqQZtxYTh2sW_pzxiDJy4nSs0NUE

by Radka Konkolova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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