A motorist, right, is pulled over by a police car for driving the wrong way, heading north on the southbound lanes of Interstate 45, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005, near The Woodlands, Texas, as northbound ...

Twenty years ago this week, and just short of one month after Hurricane Katrina destroyed parts of the Mississippi coast and put New Orleans under water for weeks, the unthinkable happened: An even ...

HOUSTON — Twenty years ago, Hurricane Rita triggered the largest and deadliest evacuation in U.S. history. More than 3.7 million people fled Houston and southeast Texas as the storm approached, ...

More people died trying to flee Hurricane Rita than from the storm itself when it was on a collision course with Houston 20 years ago. Roughly 3 million motorists jammed the highways in sweltering ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Twenty years ago tonight, Hurricane Rita struck Southeast Texas with devastating force, but for many residents, memories center on the chaotic mass evacuation that preceded the storm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty years ago this week, and just short of one month after Hurricane Katrina destroyed parts of the Mississippi coast and put ...

(McAllen, Texas-AP) January 10, 2007 - The owner of the bus that exploded and killed 23 people during the Hurricane Rita evacuation has been sentenced to five years probation. Global Limo owner James ...

Millions of Houstonians jostled to escape the city ahead of Hurricane Rita – a storm that rushed towards the Gulf Coast on the heels of Katrina nearly 20 years ago, triggering the largest and most ...

Hurricane Rita anniversary: Houston marks 20 years since deadly evacuation It wasn’t Rita’s landfall Houston remembers most — but the chaotic mass evacuation that turned deadly 20 years ago. Here’s ...

20 Years ago (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) 20 years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana. It remains ...