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Event: TC Tropical Cyclone
Number: 2005-000163
Country: USA United States
Location: Louisiana, Texas
Date (YMD): 2005-9-24
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Information Source:SHELDUS(http://webra.cas.sc.edu/sheldus_setup/sheldus_results.aspx) NCDC http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/billionz.html#chron). NOAA (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NWS-TPC-5.pdf) (http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/billionz.html#chron) Reuters
Comments: Hurricane Rita hit the Texas-Louisiana coastal region. The storm created significant storm surge of at least 4.6 m (15 feet) and wind damage with some inland flooding in the Florida panhandle, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Prior to landfall, Rita reached a pressure of 897 mb. In the Louisiana Parishes of Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Terrebonne and Vermilion, the storm surge caused sugar cane crop losses near $300 million (Reuters). A 2.4 meter (8-foot) storm surge in New Orleans overtopped the provisionally-repaired levees (from Hurricane Katrina damage) and caused additional flooding. NOAA reports that Hurricane Rita caused $11.3 billion in damages and 119 deaths.
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TC-2005-000163-CUB
Tropical Cyclone,Cuba: The Hurricane RITA, classified already category IV event according to the Saffir-Simpson scale, has been affecting the territory of Cuba during the last days. RITA continues advancing in the Gulf of Mexico due west, leaving behind in Cuba torrential rains.