Hurricane Rita continues to move across the Gulf of Mexico, and is expected to make landfall early Saturday morning in Texas. Coastal Louisiana, so recently battered by Hurricane Katrina, is also ...

John Hamilton reports from the National Hurricane Center in Miami on the latest forecast for Hurricane Rita. The storm is expected to make landfall on the Texas-Louisiana border as early as Friday ...

Many who live along the Gulf of Mexico refer to Rita as the "forgotten hurricane." Hitting the U.S. just three weeks after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, most Americans paid little ...

Hurricane Rita swirled toward the Gulf Coast as a 165-mph, category 5 storm 15 years ago. More than 1.3 million people in Texas and Louisiana were evacuated, with many stuck on the roads for hours ...

Rita ramped up to hurricane strength by Sept. 20 while passing the Florida Keys and Cuba. By the next day, Rita intensified violently as it encountered the warm Gulf water, ...

No. 1 Hurricane Rita, 2005 — 895 mb. Hurricane Rita slammed into the Louisiana coastline on September 24, 2005, as a Category 3 storm blowing at 115 mph.

Hurricane Rita made ladfall as a major, category three hurricane before tracking right through East Texas. She produced damaging winds that knocked out power for many East Texans.

Below are the other strongest Gulf hurricanes in history and how they stack up against Milton. No. 1 Hurricane Rita, 2005 — 895 mb. Hurricane Rita slammed into the Louisiana coastline on ...

hurricane rita news stories - get the latest updates from ... Hurricane Maria has become the first hurricane in U.S. history to both cause more than 2,000 deaths and at least $1 billion in ...