Hurricane Rita (English Wikipedia)

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"Evacuation Planning in Texas: Before and After Rita" (PDF). Texas House of Representatives. Government of Texas. February 14, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2012.

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"Trinity River Authority of Texas: Hurricane Rita Damages Lake Livingston Dam". home.businesswire.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

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"Joint Task Force California Press Accounts of the California State Military Forces' Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita" (PDF). California Military State Publication. December 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-09.

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Anthony Zachria; Bela Patel (October 24, 2006). "Deaths Related to Hurricane Rita and Mass Evacuation". University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston. American College of Chest Physicians. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2012.

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Sallee, Rad (October 6, 2005). "'Smoother' evacuation in works". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
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Horswell, Cindy; Edward Hegstrom (September 29, 2005). "Evacuation Lessons come at high cost: 107 lives". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
"Havoc from hurricane comes early to Houston's freeways". Houston Chronicle. September 22, 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
Cindy Horswell; Edward Hegstrom (September 29, 2005). "Exodus weighs heavily in death toll: 107". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
Terri Langford (June 4, 2009). "Settlement over Hurricane Rita bus fire brings closure". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
Anne Belli; Lisa Falkenberg (September 24, 2005). "24 nursing home evacuees die in bus fire". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
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"Louisiana braces for Rita". CNN. September 20, 2005. Archived from the original on December 22, 2006.
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Cuban Ministry of Health (September 20, 2005). "Medidas adoptadas por Salud Pública en Cuba ante huracán Rita". Vanguardia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2009.

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"Hurricane Rita September 20–24, 2005 Situation Paper" (PDF). Crawford & Company. September 28, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2009.

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"El huracán Rita afectó a ocho provincias" (in Spanish). Cuba En Cuentro. September 22, 2005. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2009.

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"Tropical storm Rita Cruising on Northern Caribbean Waters". Cubaminrex. September 20, 2005. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2009.

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"The Disaster Center's Tropical Storm - Hurricane Rita Page". disastercenter.com. October 25, 2005. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

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"President Approves Emergency Declaration for Florida". Federal Emergency Management Agency. September 20, 2005. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2009.
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"Florida: Tropical Storm Rita Situation Report No.3" (PDF). Florida State Emergency Response Team. September 19, 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 11, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2009.

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"Coastal Evacuations in Texas". Fox News. Associated Press. September 20, 2005. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
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"Tropical Storm Rita brings heavy rain, strong winds to Bahamas as it moves west". Associated Press. September 19, 2005. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2009.

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"Strong winds, heavy rain hit Bahamas as Tropical Storm Rita gathers strength, heads West". The Jamaica Observer. Associated Press. September 20, 2005. Archived from the original on January 7, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2009.

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"'It just kept coming' Rita swamps Louisiana coast, stranding scores of people". KATC. Archived from the original on October 28, 2005.

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Douglass, Elizabeth (September 22, 2005). "Rita Could Deal Blow to Oil Industry". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

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"Bus carrying elderly evacuees burns; 24 dead". NBC News. Associated Press. September 24, 2005. Archived from the original on September 17, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
"Cuba appears to escape Rita's wrath". NBC News News. September 21, 2005. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2009.

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Margaret Saizan. "A Visual Story of Hurricane Rita". Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2007.

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