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Sep 19, 2008 1:46 pm US/Central
Ike Update: 45K People To Be Allowed On Galveston
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The front windows of a used car lot remain boarded over following Hurricane Ike Sept. 16, 2008, in Galveston, Texas.
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Authorities today laid out a plan two let about 45,000 people back onto Galveston as recovery continues from Hurricane Ike hit.
But city officials say it will be another week before the first evacuees will be allowed to return.
Crews are beginning to get basic services restored on the crippled barrier island that was struck by Ike last Saturday.
Galveston residents will be allowed to return in phases, starting from the least damaged areas, primarily behind the seawall on the east side of the island, then gradually out to the heavily damaged west end.
About 1.5 million customers remain without electricity statewide, including more than half of the Houston area.
Governor Rick Perry says about 20,500 people are still in 190 shelters.
The federal relief effort has delivered ice, water and food to more than five million people in the region.
Meanwhile:
-- About 90 people each day are being treated for minor injuries at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. But the island's only hospital was still days or weeks away from admitting people. People with more serious injuries are sent to hospitals on the mainland.
-- The Bolivar Peninsula ferry is operating, but not for public use. The ferry is being used to transport Texas Department of Transportation equipment needed on the island.
-- State Representative Craig Eiland says officials are working to try to round up the thousands of cattle that are running around on Bolivar Peninsula. Officials fear the livestock will consume tainted water or grass -- and die.
-- The Galveston Island Humane Society has received about 350 animals. Most have been transported to the Houston SPCA, which is posting photos of the animals on its Web site -- so people can claim their pets.
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