Today marks 20 years since Hurricane Rita tore through the Texas-Louisiana border, bringing devastating winds and extreme rainfall “Rita actually was then and even to this day the strongest hurricane ...

Sabine Pass ISD superintendent Kristi Heid has lived in Southeast Texas her entire life, but says nothing prepared her for Rita's impact.

Hurricane Rita rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm just days before making landfall, with a staggering central pressure of 895 millibars—making it one of the most intense hurricanes ever ...

Two decades after Hurricane Rita struck Louisiana’s coast, residents in Vermilion Parish reflect on the storm’s destruction, ...

Hurricane Rita hit on Sept. 24, 2005, just weeks after Hurricane Katrina. Cameron Parish was flooded, thousands were without power and evacuees from both storms filled ArkLaMiss shelters. Cotton ...

Sabine Pass ISD superintendent Kristi Heid has lived in Southeast Texas her entire life but says nothing prepared her for Rita's impact.

Twenty years ago today, Hurricane Rita made landfall in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana as a Category 3 storm. Rita is the strongest storm ever recorded ...

Construction on El Dorado’s new intermediate school is moving steadily, with steel framing and foundational work well ...

Allen vividly remembers the mark Rita left on East Texas. “That was the first time that Jasper County historically realized that if we are in the bullseye of a hurricane, it’s going to be just as ...

The Category 3 storm brought a nearly 18-foot surge and dumped 16 inches of rain. It caused over $18.5 billion worth of ...

Days like these, I wish I could go back and meet you on that muddy chenier. The data to pore over would relate not to war, ...

Houston Metro OKs a $2 billion budget for 2026, as riders press for more frequency, rail expansion and MetroNext projects.