Last house standing: Hurricane Ike's £7bn trail of destruction

It stands alone as if protected by divine intervention.While its neighbours - as far as the eye can see - were ripped from their foundations and obliterated, this house amazingly escaped the force of a brute called Ike.Today the death toll from the hurricane had risen to 25 across nine states one of the biggest search and rescue operation in U.S. history got under way.Nearly 2,000 people were plucked to safety from their flooded homes with hundreds more awaiting rescue. DailyMail.co.uk...