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Tropical Storm Rita became Hurricane Rita on September 20, 2005.
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At peak intensity, Hurricane Rita had sustained winds of 180 mph.
Hurricane Rita had peak sustained winds of 180 mph.
At peak intensity Hurricane Rita was a category 5.
Tropical Storm Rita became Hurricane Rita on September 20, 2005.
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Hurricane Rita formed a little less than a month after Hurricane Katrina.
On the atlantic ocean
At peak intensity, Hurricane Rita had sustained winds of 180 mph.
Hurricane Rita had peak sustained winds of 180 mph.
Hurricane Rita reached maximum sustained wind speeds of 180 mph when it was classified as a Category 5 hurricane.
At peak intensity Hurricane Rita was a category 5.
Category 5. 'Rita was the seventeenth named storm, tenth hurricane, fifth major hurricane, and third Category 5 hurricane of the historic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.' (from wikipedia)
The category rating of Hurricane Rita was a category 5 hurricane on the international scale for indexing the strenght of the worldwide occurring hurricanes.
No. Hurricane Rita came a few weeks after Hurricane Katrina. A good way to remember is that within a hurricane season the names always go in alphabetical order.
Hurricane Rita.