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Tropical Storm Rita became Hurricane Rita on September 20, 2005.
Hurricane Rita caused some minor flooding in New Orleans, but did not hit it directly.
The evacuation for Hurricane Rita was much more efficient than Hurricane Katrina. The big difference is that the governors in the states involved ordered mandatory evacuations. There were some deaths from heat problems.
On the atlantic ocean
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)
At peak intensity, Hurricane Rita had sustained winds of 180 mph.
The category rating of Hurricane Rita was a category 5 hurricane on the international scale for indexing the strenght of the worldwide occurring hurricanes.
Yes. The storm surge from Hurricane Rita reached a height of 17 feet in some places and flooded areas still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Rita was the next actual one that made landfall and was substantial.