Hurricane Rita, WFO Radar, 2005


Hurricane Rita approaching landfall along the Texas-Louisiana border. Louisiana, Lake Charles WFO Radar 2005 September 24 0138 UTC. Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $ billion in damage on the Gulf Coast in September 2005. Rita was the seventeenth named storm, tenth hurricane, fifth major hurricane, and third Category 5 hurricane of the historic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.


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