Hurricane clean-up operation. Construction workers removing debris from the southbound lanes of a motorway following the devastating impact of Hurrica

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Hurricane clean-up operation. Construction workers removing debris from the southbound lanes of a motorway following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ike. Ike struck the southeast Texas coast on 13th September, 2008. It is the costliest hurricane in Texas history and the second-deadliest hurricane since 1972. Photographed on Interstate-45 in Galveston, Texas, USA, on 13th September 2008.

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Photo credit: © JIM REED PHOTOGRAPHY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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