Hurricane Ike cloud bands. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of cloud bands forming part of Hurricane Ike (1-14 September 2008) over the Gulf of Mexico. Wind speeds were around 160 kilometres per hour. It had made landfall in Cuba three days earlier, and made landfall in Galveston, Texas, USA, three days later. At the time, it was the costliest hurricane in Texas history and the second-deadliest US hurricane since 1972. It was one of the largest Atlantic hurricanes ever, with storm conditions extending across a diameter of 885 kilometres. Photographed by an Expedition 17 crew member at 13:07 UTC on 10 September 2008.