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Despite warnings, evacuees long for Galveston return

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• Ten days after Hurricane Ike, Galveston reopened to residents Wednesday with stern warnings about what still lurks on the island — cattle carcasses, snakes and swarms of mosquitoes — and what isn't there: drinking water, reliable electricity, medical care or sewer service.

• City officials hoped most of the 45,000 residents who fled before the Sept. 13 storm would stay away until more repairs can be made.

• The city has limited drinking water, few working sewers, limited electricity and minimal medical facilities. Officials extended the disaster declaration for 90 days.

• The city has opened a shelter for 100 newly homeless residents, and officials hoped to set up more shelters on the mainland for residents whose homes are uninhabitable.

• The city and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are considering a plan to allow residents to live in FEMA trailers in their driveways or near their homes during repairs.

• At least 62 deaths, 27 of them in Texas, were blamed on the Category 2 hurricane and its remnants.

• Residents of the island's most severely damaged area, on the island's west end, were allowed to visit but not stay.

• Gov. Rick Perry toured damaged areas and announced an HUD rental assistance program to help storm victims.

• Texas' insurance commissioner told legislators that victims have filed close to 50,000 insurance claims statewide so far, and that figure could reach 300,000 claims, potentially putting a handful of companies at financial risk.

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"I've been through all kinds of hurricanes. This is the worst one," said Eddie Howard, who was born in Galveston 77 years ago.

— The Associated Press