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 ...

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, ...

I still remember Hurricane Rita like it was yesterday. A few weeks ago, I shared how Katrina shaped the way we responded to Rita, and why, without Katrina, the massive evacuation we saw in Texas may ...

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 ...

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 ...