Reporter, Houston Chronicle
Reporter for the Houston Chronicle
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Terri Langford
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FROM Terri Langford
To the Point
Galveston and Houston Try to Pick Up the Pieces Hurricane Ike has passed over Texas, but the storm is hardly over with 30 people now dead in eight states along the Gulf Coast and in the Midwest. It's been more than 48 hours since Ike struck Houston and Galveston. Nobody knows how many people are missing, and it may be weeks before many are allowed to return to what's left of their homes. We get an update from Terri Langford of the Houston Chronicle and Dave Levinthal of the Dallas Morning News .
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