CAMERON, La. (KPLC) - When Hurricane Rita hit, Cameron Parish had a population of nearly 10,000. Today, that number is barely over 4,000. The storm didn’t just start a decline in the population, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Usually only the most devastating or deadly hurricanes are burned into the memory of most, including those not affected by them.

Miami, Florida - Hurricane Rita is losing a bit of strength and is barely a Category Four storm.The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Rita's wind now clocks at 135 miles-per-hour. Forecasters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Rita struck the Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana border on September 24th, 2005, as a Category 3 hurricane with ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – This week marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Rita, one of the most powerful and destructive storms to ever strike the Gulf Coast. Forming rapidly between Cuba and the Florida ...

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, ...

(LAKE CHARLES, La.) -- President Bush flew over the largely obliterated Louisiana town of Cameron and circled an offshore oil rig Tuesday in his first up-close look at the devastation that Hurricane ...

Hurricane Rita's landfall launched an exodus from Cameron Parish. In the years after the storm's Sept. 24, 2005, landfall, people, businesses, and resources all began to move away from the southwest ...

Usually only the most devastating or deadly hurricanes are burned into the memory of most, including those not affected by them. That can leave a lot of stronger hurricanes largely forgotten by many.