Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita was a powerful hurricane in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It hit the United States' Gulf Coast. At its peak intensity, it was a strong Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 175 miles per hour. It made landfall as a Category 3 storm, and caused more flooding in New Orleans, which already had weakened levees due to Hurricane Katrina. In addition, it caused large power outages.
| Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| File:Rita 2005-09-21 1610Z.jpg Hurricane Rita near peak intensity on September 21 | |
| Formed | September 18, 2005 |
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| Dissipated | September 26, 2005 |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 180 mph (285 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 895 mbar (hPa); 26.43 inHg |
| Fatalities | 120 |
| Damage | $21.5 billion (2005 USD) |
| Areas affected | Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Cuba, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Great Lakes region |
| Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Rita Media
- Rita 2005-09-18 1540Z.jpg
Tropical Storm Rita over the eastern Bahamas on September 18
- Rita 2005-09-20 1835Z.jpg
Hurricane Rita as a Category 2 hurricane crossing the Florida Straits
- Rita 2005-09-25 1640Z.jpg
Rita in the Texas-Louisiana border on September 25
- Stranded on Highway 60.jpg
Motorists stranded on Highway 60 during Hurricane Rita evacuation.
- Rita 2005 rainfall.gif
Storm total rainfall map of Hurricane Rita during September 2005.
- Hurricane Rita Key West radar 2005-09-21 0034Z.jpg
Weather radar image of Rita as viewed from Key West on the evening of September 20
- FEMA - 16669 - Photograph by Win Henderson taken on 10-03-2005 in Louisiana.jpg
Holly Beach, a town along the Gulf Coast completely destroyed by Rita
- FEMA - 20460 - Photograph by Marvin Nauman taken on 11-19-2005 in Louisiana.jpg
Holly Beach was almost completely leveled by Rita's storm surge
- HurricaneRitaFlooding AMO 20050925.jpg
Two satellite images showing the extent of flooding caused by Rita in Louisiana and Texas.
- Flooding in Galveston from Hurricane Rita.jpg
Floodwaters and destruction left in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, in an area located near Galveston Bay, Texas.
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