Hurricane Rita

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Hurricane Rita was a powerful Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005 that caused significant damage along the U.S. Gulf Coast, particularly in Texas and Louisiana.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hurricane Rita canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Category 5 hurricane ⓘ
tropical cyclone ⓘ
affectedArea Alabama ⓘ
Arkansas ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Delaware ⓘ
District of Columbia ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
New York ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
caused heavy rainfall ⓘ
storm surge flooding ⓘ
widespread power outages ⓘ
wind damage ⓘ
damageCost over 10 billion USD ⓘ
dissipatedOn 2005-09-26 ⓘ
fatalities over 100 ⓘ
followedBy Hurricane Stan ⓘ
formedOn 2005-09-18 ⓘ
hurricaneSeason 2005 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
landfallCountry United States ⓘ
landfallLocation near the Texas–Louisiana border ⓘ
maximumSustainedWinds 175 mph ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure 895 mbar ⓘ
notableFor mass evacuation of the Houston metropolitan area ⓘ
rapid intensification over the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
partOf record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
peakIntensityDate 2005-09-21 ⓘ
precededBy Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
reachedCategory Category 5 ⓘ
year 2005 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cameron, Louisiana → experiencedEvent → Hurricane Rita ⓘ
subject linked to: Cameron
Hurricane Wilma → comparedWith → Hurricane Rita ⓘ
Hurricane Gilbert → laterSurpassedBy → Hurricane Rita ⓘ