Ike tossed boats about like children’s toys. US President George W Bush declared Texas a federal disaster zone.
In Houston city the storm shattered skyscraper windows, showering streets with glass and debris, tore apart bus shelters and ripped metal sheets off buildings.
Searchers walk down a road which has a house sitting on it after Hurricane Ike Monday, Sept. 15, 2008 in Crystal Beach, Texas.
