Gulf Coast Mobilizes for Round Two as Hurricane Rita Blows In
Environment News Service, September, 2005 by staff
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (ENS) — --> Even while flooded New Orleans is struggling to recover from disastrous Hurricane Katrina, another hurricane is headed for Florida and the Gulf Coast. Now a Category 2 hurricane, Rita is currently passing about 50 miles south of Key West and moving into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Rita is forecast to strengthen during the next 24 hours and is headed for Texas, passing south and west of New Orleans. Weather maps show Rita making landfall on the Texas coast sometime Saturday.
New Orleans residents were allowed back into the city on Sunday and Monday, but Mayor Ray Nagin has suspended re-entry and again ordered an evacuation as Hurricane Rita enters the Gulf, packing sustained winds of 100 miles per hour with higher...
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