HURRICANE RITA - Hurricane Rita Begins Assault on Gulf Shore

Hurricane Rita Begins Assault on Gulf Shore
Los Angeles Times - By Scott Gold, Lianne Hart and P.J. Huffstutter, Times Staff Writer SABINE PASS, Texas -- Hurricane Rita, ebbing but still dangerous, approached the nearly

Category 3 Hurricane Rita maintains 120 mph winds
Reuters - Hurricane Rita wind speed still at 125 mph Fri 23 Sep 2005 7:45 PM ET (Updates YORK) WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Hurricane Rita remained a Category 3 storm

Rita nears Texas-Louisiana landfall
CNN - BEAUMONT, Texas (CNN) -- Hurricane Rita, its powerful core nearing the Louisiana and Texas coast, began blasting the

Storm Lashes Coast; Levees Breached in New Orleans
New York Times - Sept. 23 - Hurricane Rita began lashing coastal cities up and down Louisiana and Texas on Friday with hurricane at a strip mall in Beaumont, Tex., as Hurricane Rita closed in

Hurricane Rita Weakens a Bit; President Cancels Texas Visit
New York Times - HOUSTON, Sept. 23 - As Hurricane Rita churned closer and grew wider this afternoon, coastal Texas and southwest Louisiana residents who had not yet evacuated were warned to stay put rather than risk being caught in the storm.