 In 2007 The "Associated Press" compiled a list of the most vulnerable places to hurricanes in the U.S. and Galveston was one of five areas named.Among the reasons cited were low elevation and the single evacuation route off the island which is blocked by the fourth largest city in the United States, Houston.Hurricane Ike made landfall on Galveston Island in the early morning of September 13, 2008 as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of  Ike produced waves and a rising storm surge of about , which went around the famous Galveston Seawall, flooding the city via the storm sewers, and the unprotected "bay side" of the island, before the first winds or drop of rain.