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Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded.
Rita made landfall across western Cameron Parish just east of the Texas and Louisiana border around 2:40 AM CDT Saturday September 24, 2005 as a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 115 mph (100 knots) and a minimum pressure of 937 millibars (27.67 inches).
The approach of Hurricane Rita towards the United States Gulf Coast in September 2005 triggered one of the largest mass evacuations in U.S. history.
hurricane near the Texas/Louisiana border, Rita produced significant storm surge that devastated coastal communities in southwestern Louisiana, and its winds, rain, and tornadoes caused fatalities and a wide swath of damage from eastern Texas to Alabama.
Hurricane Rita - September 17-26, 2005. Rita was an intense, destructive, and deadly hurricane that significantly impacted the Florida Keys and devastated extreme southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. It formed off an old frontal zone, and developed into a tropical depression on the 17th
Tropical Storm Rita became the ninth hurricane in the Atlantic Basin during the morning of September 20th. She intensified to a Category 5 hurricane on Wednesday, September 21st. Her lowest pressure measured by Hurricane Hunters was 897 mb, or 26.49 inches.
Hurricane Rita was a very intense Atlantic hurricane that caused significant damage to the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005. It formed from a complicated interaction between two different weather systems.
In the midst of the very active 2005 hurricane season, Rita caused considerable panic as it approached the coast, with scenes of destruction from Hurricane Katrina still playing on TV news programs. It left behind a swath of flooding, destruction, and death.
Hurricane Rita struck the coast of Southwest Louisiana during the early morning hours of September 24th, 2005. Earlier in the week, this powerful storm reached Category 5 strength as it trekked northwest across the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Rita developed as a depression just east of the Turks and Caicos islands on the 18th, reaching tropical storm strength later the same day. Hurricane intensity was achieved on the 20th as Rita tracked through the Florida Straits and just south of the Florida Keys.