Officials may have been wary of issuing an evacuation order because of the lessons learned during Hurricane Rita in September 2005. Southeast Texas was hammered by Hurricane Rita just weeks after ...

The specter of Hurricane Rita loomed large. In 2005, millions of people tried to flee Houston — and spent hours trapped on hot, deadly roads.

Hurricane season is underway and we want to make sure you're prepared well before a storm forms. That's why we're created the KHOU 11 Hurricane guide. One element of the guide is evacuation maps.

Houston experienced the nation's worst hurricane evacuation 15 years ago, ... As a long-time resident of Houston from before the Hurricane Rita days, ...

In the event authorities order an evacuation for the Houston ... HOUSTON — Hurricane season is underway and we ... The one and only time TxDOT instituted contraflow was in 2005 for Hurricane Rita.

Galveston officials updates hurricane preparedness plan with nearly three-day evacuation order. ... exhaustion while trying to evacuate — as Hurricane Rita was headed towards the Houston area, ...