hurricane ike was one of the most damaging tropical cyclones in united states history, having caused about $38 billion dollars in damage. it was the sixth-costliest atlantic hurricane in u.s. history. hurricane ike was the ninth named storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane and the most-intense hurricane of 2008 in terms of pressure. ike may have caused up to 195 deaths. most deaths happened in haiti and the u.s. together. haiti was still recovering from tropical storm fay, hurricane gustav, and hurricane hanna.