Ten days after Hurricane Ike, the devastated beach town reopened to resident with stern warnings about what still lurks on the island - rotting cattle carcasses, snakes and swarms of mosquitoes - and what isn't there: drinking water, reliable electricity, medical care or sewer service.
Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Ike
- Warning from southeast Texas: Don't go back yet
- VIDEO: Touring waterlogged Galveston
- Evacuee toddler struck, killed in Dallas parking lot
- Gallery: Ike and its aftermath
- Ike evacuees coming from Tyler to Tarrant
- Arlington to open 2 more shelters for evacuees
- Electricity will be out for weeks in Houston, E. Texas
- Weaker Ike smacks E. Texas
- Southwest suspends Love Field flights
- Winds, rain due to hit North Texas by daybreak
- Ike's projected timeline for North Texas
- Red Cross: volunteers, cash, blood 'urgently needed'
