Less than a month after Hurricane Katrina, a new, stronger storm that is often overlooked in the annals of history caused ...

Stalled and overheated cars, endless gridlock and nearly 100 deaths. The deadly Hurricane Rita evacuation is still etched in ...

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 ...

In 2005, the eye of Hurricane Rita made landfall at the Texas-Louisiana border. The Category 3 storm was responsible for more ...

20 years ago, hurricane tracking looked very different. The tools we rely on today: spaghetti plots, side-by-side model ...

Hurricane Rita slammed the Gulf Coast 20 years ago, leaving a lasting mark on Southeast Texas with widespread destruction.

FEMA has declared September as National Preparedness Month, and ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has what you need to know about the latest evacuation procedures for southeast Texas.

Twenty years ago this week, and about a month after Hurricane Katrina destroyed parts of the Mississippi coast and put New Orleans under water, the unthinkable happened: An even stronger Category 5 ...

Hurricane Rita made landfall on September 24th, 2005, as a Category 3 Hurricane, causing an estimated $10 billion in damage and resulting in 7 direct fatalities in the US.

HOUSTON — Twenty years ago, Hurricane Rita triggered the largest and deadliest evacuation in U.S. history. More than 3.7 million people fled Houston and southeast Texas as the storm approached, ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has issued an executive order proclaiming Sept. 24, 2025, as Hurricane Rita Remembrance Day in Louisiana.