2005-09-22 04:00:00 PDT Galveston, Texas-- Hurricane Rita attained the strongest storm designation Wednesday as it barreled toward the Texas coastline, forcing the evacuation of as many as 1 ...

After operating out of a temporary animal shelter for almost 20 years, the Sulphur Animal Shelter now has a brand new home.

Hurricane Rita came ashore just three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, killing seven people directly and over a hundred more in the evacuation and in the storm's aftermath. Ten years later ...

Before Hurricane Rita, the community was vibrant and tightknit. The town held big events like crawfish boils and barbecues, and Cameron residents took pride in their high school football team.

Its staggeringly low minimum pressure of 895 mb ranked fourth-lowest on record, tying 2005’s Hurricane Rita. It boiled with tornadoes, 45 in all. And from its earliest embryonic stirrings in the ...

Hurricane Rita reached Category 5 status late Wednesday as it inched its way west across the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas. More than 1 million Texas and Louisiana residents reportedly are ...