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Hurricane Rita
September 24, 2005 |
INTRODUCTION
Hurricane Rita made landfall in southwestern Louisiana between Sabine Pass, Texas and Johnson's Bayou, Louisiana early Saturday morning, September 24, 2005.
"Rita" was the second major hurricane to strike the Louisiana coast this season
("Katrina" was the first) and the third most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. Another significant
hallmark of this event was the mass evacuations prompted by this storm in Texas and Louisisana. It is estimated that up to 2 million residents (most from the
Houston/Galveston metro area) evacuated to avoid the effects of the storm. While Rita peaked as a Category 5 hurricane out in the Gulf...she made landfall over
Cameron Parrish as a Category 3 hurricane.
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