Rita formed on this date.
No. Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005 while Hurricane Wilma hit in October.
Hurricane Rita formed in the Gulf of Mexico on September 17, 2005, less than three weeks after the landfall of Katrina, and threatened the area with another Category 5 hurricane. She became a hurricane on September 21, made landfall on September 23, and dissipated on September 26. Fortunately, Rita was only a category 3 when she hit on the Texas-Louisiana border a week later. Rita prompted the evacuation of Houston, which was the largest civil evacuation in US history.
Hurricane Rita hit southeast Texas in 2005, making landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border as a Category 3 storm. It caused significant damage to the region, including widespread power outages and property destruction.
Hurricane Rita caused some minor flooding in New Orleans, but did not hit it directly.
Hurricane Katrina hit the US in 2005.
The worst hurricane to hit Texas and, in fact the worst to hit the U.S. was the Galveston hurricane of 1900 with a death toll estimated at 8,000 to 12,000
Less than a month.
Hurricane Gustav hit Mississippi on the 21st of September
Hurricane Bob, Category 3, hit in August 1991 Hurricane Gloria, Category 4, hit in September-October 1985 Hurricane Donna, Category 5, hit August-September 1960 Hurricane Carol, Category 2, hit August-September 1954 Hurricane Edna, Category 3, hit September 1954 Great Atlantic Hurricane, Category 4 (but not at Massachusetts), hit September 1944 New England Hurricane, Category 1, September 1938 For more information, have a look at: http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/Majorne.htm
Hurricane Julia occurred in September of 2010.
Hurricane Emily hit the Caribbean and Mexico in July 2005 as a Category 5 hurricane.
The major damage was by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and by Hurricane Betsy in 1965. Earlier storms hit in 1909, 1915, 1947, and 1956, flooding smaller areas. Major storms that affected New Orleans between 1965 and 2013 included: Camille (hit Gulf Coast 1969) Georges (1998) Ivan (2004 - major evacuation) Cindy (July 2005 - major power outages) Rita (September 2005 - reflooded Katrina areas) Gustav (2008) Isaac (2012)