Rita makes landfall
Lake
Charles, "hit hard"
Rita's center slammed into the
extreme southwest coast of Louisiana at 3:30 a.m. EDT, near
Sabine Pass, Texas, with winds of 120 mph. Power outages and
severe gust have been reported in cities expected to be hit
harder, such as Galveston and Houston, Texas. Coastal cities
had also reported flooding, however much of Texas' oil
refineries  have
been spared. |
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