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, ...

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 ...

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, Texas (KTRK) -- Many residents who are new to southeast Texas tell Eyewitness News they're nervous about Hurricane Laura's impact while long-time residents fear a repeat of previous disasters ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Hurricane Rita, 20 years later, is still known as largest evacuation in U.S. history, forcing millions to flee their homes. “That was the first time Jasper County had ever ...

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 ...

Usually only the most devastating or deadly hurricanes are burned into the memory of most, including those not affected by them. That can leave a lot of stronger hurricanes largely forgotten by many.

JOHNSON’S BAYOU, La. (WRBL) — 20 years ago today, Hurricane Rita made landfall in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana as a Category 3 storm. Rita is the strongest storm ever recorded in the Gulf ...

About 2.5 million people, some heading to San Antonio, clogged highways as Hurricane Rita bore down on the coast ...