NVDL: This is starting to look ominous.
Hurricane Ike is threatening to flood 100,000 homes in Texas, as the "potentially catastrophic" storm bears down on the US state, a top official has warned.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the storm was set to inundate miles of coast with a wall of water.
"Our nation is facing what is by any means a potentially catastrophic hurricane," he said.
Earlier, the National Weather Service warned residents in the island city of Galveston they could "face certain death", if they ignored an order to evacuate.
Waters have been rising rapidly and there are fears of a possible 20ft surge in what may be the worst storm to hit Texas in nearly 50 years.
But it was expected to strengthen to a Category 3 - or even Category 4 - with winds of more than 110mph by the time it makes landfall by Saturday.
There were fears it could cause devastation in Houston, the fourth most populous city in the US and the hub of the nation's oil industry.
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