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[e] Track forecasts from the NHC before Rita became a hurricane accurately predicted Rita's path into the Gulf of Mexico and the storm's subsequent curve towards the northwest. However, in response to unanimous shifts in the tracks projected by tropical cyclone forecast models , forecast tracks from the agency between September 20–21 were ...
Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Part of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which included three of the ten most intense Atlantic hurricanes in terms of barometric pressure ever recorded (along with Wilma and Katrina), Rita was the seventeenth named storm, tenth ...
Offshore oil platforms throughout Rita's path also suffer significant damage, though the refineries of Houston, originally thought to be at risk, escape the brunt of the storm. Many of the indirect deaths linked to Rita are caused by a single bus fire in mass evacuations out of Houston. [105] Rita causes 59 deaths in the state all told. [1]
The system has maximum sustained winds near 45 mph with higher gusts, and "steady strengthening is forecast," according to the center. The storm is likely to become a hurricane by Tuesday night or ...
Location: 740 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph. Movement: west at 12 mph Spaghetti models for Tropical Depression 12 At 11 a.m. EDT, the center of ...
As Hurricane Beryl moves toward South Texas, its main threat is heavy rainfall. ... See updated maps, projected path. Hurricane Beryl 11 a.m. July 5, 2024. ... Houston/Galveston: Marginal risk of ...
The hurricane weakened as it approached the northern gulf coast, and Rita made landfall in extreme southwestern Louisiana at 01:40 am on September 24 [nb 2] with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h). Once inland, the hurricane weakened rapidly due to increasing wind shear, falling to tropical depression intensity over Arkansas by September 25.
Storm tracker: Track projected path of Tropical Storm Francine toward Texas, Alabama Anthony Robledo and Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY Updated September 10, 2024 at 5:51 AM