Hurricane Ike’s incredible damage has hardly made the headlines here in NZ, so we thought we’d share just a few stats on this huge storm as Texas continues the major clean up.

• It’s amazing but 2 million people are still majorly affected by Ike , facing power, water and shelter problems – that’s half of New Zealand’s population.

• 60 people were killed in the United States.

• Entire suburbs have been completely wiped out, some over a kilometre inland.

• The cost is currently estimated at a staggering 25 billion New Zealand dollars.