Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Rita is the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone observed in the Gulf of Mexico.

See also:

Earth & Climate

Rita caused $10 billion in damage on the U.S.

Gulf Coast in September 2005.

Rita was the seventeenth named storm, tenth hurricane, fifth major hurricane, and third Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.

For more information about the topic Hurricane Rita, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:

List of major natural disasters in the United States — This is a list of major natural disasters in the United ... > read more

Hurricane Opal — Hurricane Opal was a major hurricane that formed in the Gulf of Mexico in September 1995. It struck the Yucatán Peninsula, then churned in the ... > read more

Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina — The meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina, an extremely destructive hurricane which was Category 5 at its peak, starts from its formation over ... > read more

List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes — This is a list of all Atlantic hurricanes that have reached Category 5, the highest classification of tropical cyclone intensity on the ... > read more

Note: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Hurricane Rita at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.

Recommend this page on Facebook, Twitter,
and Google +1:

Other bookmarking and sharing tools:

| More