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Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Part of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which included three of the ten most intense Atlantic hurricanes in terms of barometric pressure ever recorded (along with Wilma and Katrina), Rita was the seventeenth named storm, tenth ...
At its peak, Hurricane Wilma's eye contracted to a record minimum diameter of 2.3 mi (3.7 km). In the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Wilma was the twenty-second storm, thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, [nb 1] fourth Category 5 hurricane, and the second costliest in Mexican history. Its origins came from a tropical ...
Hurricane Rita (2005) – Category 5 hurricane which struck the Gulf Coast of the United States at Category 3 intensity just a month after Katrina impacted Louisiana. Hurricane Harvey (2017) – Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Texas and is the wettest cyclone in U.S. history; tied with Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record
The Red Cross also stepped in to help with "Bringing Help, Bringing Hope" -- a campaign that included American Red Cross response to hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. See relief efforts for ...
[170] [171] The names Franklin, Lee, Maria, Nate, Ophelia, Philippe, Rita, Stan, Tammy, Vince and Wilma from the regular list were used for the first (and in the cases of Rita, Stan, and Wilma, only) time in 2005, as were the auxiliary list Greek letters Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon and Zeta. This was the first Atlantic hurricane season ...
The hurricane produced a peak storm surge of 24 feet and flattened nearly everything along the Mississippi coast. ... 1989Andrew - 1992Mitch - 1998Isabel - 2003Ivan - 2004Emily - 2005 Katrina ...
Four hurricanes hit Florida in 2004, while 2005 was the season with the most named storms on record, including the infamous Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Top Hurricane-Spawned Tornado Years
In the two months after Katrina struck south Florida, Hurricane Rita brushed the region in late September with tropical storm-force winds and flooding rains. [106] In late October, Hurricane Wilma struck southwestern Florida as a major hurricane, affecting the Miami area with hurricane-force winds that left 98% of south Florida without power. [107]