Twenty years ago this week, and just short of one month after Hurricane Katrina destroyed parts of the Mississippi coast and put New Orleans under water for weeks, the unthinkable happened: An even ...

SABINE PASS, Texas — Two decades after Hurricane Rita devastated Sabine Pass, the area has transformed through years of rebuilding following one of Southeast Texas's most destructive storms. The ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – This week marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Rita, one of the most powerful and destructive storms to ever strike the Gulf Coast. Forming rapidly between Cuba and the Florida ...

HOUSTON — Twenty years ago, Hurricane Rita triggered the largest and deadliest evacuation in U.S. history. More than 3.7 million people fled Houston and southeast Texas as the storm approached, ...

Hurricane Rita's landfall launched an exodus from Cameron Parish. In the years after the storm's Sept. 24, 2005, landfall, people, businesses, and resources all began to move away from the southwest ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Many residents who are new to southeast Texas tell Eyewitness News they're nervous about Hurricane Laura's impact while long-time residents fear a repeat of previous disasters ...

CAMERON, La. (KPLC) - When Hurricane Rita hit, Cameron Parish had a population of nearly 10,000. Today, that number is barely over 4,000. The storm didn’t just start a decline in the population, but ...

Hurricane Rita struck the Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana border on September 24th, 2005, as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 115 mph. It caused serious damage, including storm ...

Nicole J. Moncrief was caring for her wheelchair-bound mother and her two nieces as Hurricane Rita barreled toward their Lake Charles home 20 years ago. Ahead of previous storms, none of which caused ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Hurricane Rita, 20 years later, is still known as largest evacuation in U.S. history, forcing millions to flee their homes. “That was the first time Jasper County had ever ...

Rita was upgraded to a hurricane with a special 9:15 am advisory. The 9:15am EDT hurricane hunter mission found winds at 5000 feet of 78 knots (90 mph), which corresponds to surface winds of minimal ...