Miami, Florida - Hurricane Rita is losing a bit of strength and is barely a Category Four storm.The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Rita's wind now clocks at 135 miles-per-hour. Forecasters ...

Hurricane Rita made landfall 21 years ago today. Here's how the 2005 storm's winds and delayed storm surge battered Southeast Texas.

On Sept. 24, 2005, the eye of Hurricane Rita made landfall at the Texas-Louisiana border.

Hurricane Rita has achieved Category 2 and is predicted to hit Category 3 by the time it hits the Gulf Coast late in the week. Rita Strengthens Into Category 2 Hurricane (AP) Rita strengthened rapidly ...

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Carolyn Woosley of Lake Charles, La., will ...

This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Find out more at publichealthwatch.org. GALVESTON, Texas—Maya Hart’s hand stung as she ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday for a church service to mark the anniversary of Hurricane Rita, a year that Gov. Kathleen Blanco called “the longest year of our lives.” “Where ...

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Jeff Landry proclaimed Sept. 24 as Hurricane Rita Remembrance Day to mark the 20th anniversary of one of the most devastating storms to ever hit the state. Hurricane Rita tore ...

Rita left 51,000 TXU Electric Delivery customers without power from Lanesville (north of Nacogdoches) to Zavalla, according to TXU spokesman Bob Brown. Of those, 28,000 were in Angelina County. Storm ...

WAPT Chief Meteorologist David Hartman, who is retiring at the end of this month after 40 years, is looking back on some of his most memorable moments, including Hurricane Rita. The Category 5 ...

Around Labor Day, gas prices sky rocketed to more than $3 a gallon. Since then, gas prices have dropped. According to AAA, on Tuesday, the average price for regular gasoline was $2.78 a gallon. One ...