Hurricane Rita yakaumbwa sedutu rinopisa pamusoro peTurks neCaicos Islands musi waGunyana 18. Dutu iri rakasvika paCategory 2 simba sezvo rakaenda kumaodzanyemba kweFlorida Keys musi waGunyana 20. Kuwedzera kwakakurumidza kwakaitika sezvo Rita akaenda kuGulf of Mexico, uye Rita akava dutu reCategory 5 musi waGunyana 21, achiva wechitatu (zvino wechina) dutu rakanyanya rakambonyorwa muAtlantic Basin. Rita yakasvika pedyo nemuganhu weTexas-Louisiana musi waGunyana 24. Mafashamo makuru akataurwa muPort Arthur neBeaumont, Texas, nepo Cameron neCalcasieu parishes muLouisiana vakaparadzwa. Mapuratifomu emafuta ekumahombekombe munzira yaRita akatamburawo kukuvara kukuru. Vanhu vatanhatu vakaurayiwa nemhedzisiro yaRita, uye kukuvara kwese kwakananga kubva mudutu kwakayerwa pamadhora anosvika madhora gumi nemasere nemazana mashanu emadhora (2005 USD).
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