What is Hurricane Rita?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name = Hurricane Rita | Type = hurricane | Year = 2005 | Basin = Atl | Image location = Rita 2005-09-21 1610Z.jpg | Image name = Hurricane Rita near peak intensity on September&nbsp;21 | Formed = September 18, 2005 | Dissipated = September 26, 2005 | 1-min winds = 155 | Pressure = 895 | Damages = 21500 | Fatalities = 120 | Areas = [[Hispaniola]], [[Turks and Caicos Islands]], [[Bahamas]], [[Cuba]], [[Florida]], [[Mississippi]], [[Louisiana]], [[Texas]], [[Arkansas]], [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], [[Great Lakes region]] | Hurricane season = [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Rita''' was a powerful [[hurricane]] in the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]]. It hit the [[United States]]' [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]]. At its peak intensity, it was a strong [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] storm with sustained winds of 175 [[miles per hour]]. It made landfall as a [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 3]] storm, and caused more flooding in [[New Orleans]], which already had weakened [[Levee|levees]] due to [[Hurricane Katrina]]. In addition, it caused large power outages. ==Related pages== * [[Hurricane Katrina]] {{Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes}} {{2005 Atlantic hurricane season buttons}} {{Retired Atlantic hurricanes}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rita}} [[Category:2005 Atlantic hurricane season]] [[Category:Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes]] [[Category:Retired tropical cyclone names]] [[Category:Hurricanes in the United States]] [[Category:2005 in the Bahamas]] [[Category:2005 in Florida]] [[Category:2005 in Cuba]] [[Category:2000s in Louisiana]] [[Category:2005 in Texas]] [[Category:2005 in Mississippi]] [[Category:21st century in Arkansas]] [[Category:Hurricanes in Texas]] [[Category:Hurricanes in Louisiana]] [[Category:2005 in the United States]] [[Category:2000s disasters in the United States]] [[Category:September 2005 events]] [[Category:2005 disasters]] {{Weather-stub}}