 Hurricane Rita near peak intensity in the Gulf of Mexico on September 21, 2005 Image by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Rita RainesHurricane Rita Hurricane Rita Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005 This article is about the Atlantic hurricane in 2005. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Rita. Hurricane Rita is the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico, now tied with Hurricane Milton of 2024, as well as being one of the most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record overall. 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 hurricane, fifth major hurricane[nb 1], and third Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 season. It… (Source: Wikipedia)
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