Galveston officials paint bleak picture after Ike (AP) [21 mins][Galveston, TX]
AP - Galveston officials pleaded with state lawmakers Wednesday for help in rescuing their island city from the dire financial straits it finds itself in nearly four months after the devastation of Hurricane Ike. | Thousands told to flee Wash. state floods [1 hr][Seattle, WA]
Tens of thousands of people are told to flee their homes near Seattle after severe storms brought record flooding to the Pacific Northwest. Storms also struck the South and the Northeast. |