Galveston, Texas

When Hurricane Ike tore through the Texas Gulf coast, the region’s 160,000 Vietnamese Americans knew where to turn for information. For four days, Radio Saigon Houston struggled to stay on air, keeping Vietnamese-Americans in Texas informed.

The National Weather Service is warning residents of Galveston, Texas they could “face certain death” if they don’t evacuate. At this report, the center of Hurricane Ike was about 230 miles southeast of Galveston and moving toward the upper Texas coast.

The World’s Adeline Sire reports on a little-known book of photographs depicting Galveston, Texas. The book includes pictures taken by the late French photojournalist Henri Cartier-Bresson.