Ike victims seek food, water, fuel and shelter

Storm's death toll put at 40 in 10 states

By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports

Photo by Benjamin Krain

Dave Stankus (center), a Bridge City, Texas, firefighter, helps Clifford Martin while others help Martin's wife, Laurie, out of their home Sunday. The Martins were stuck in their home by high water.

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HOUSTON - Thousands of victims of Hurricane Ike settled in at shelters for what could be weeks, and others waited wearily in line for food, water, ice and gasoline Monday as it became increasingly clear the disaster along the Texas coast would be measured not by its death toll but by the misery it spread.

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