BEAUMONT, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation has released a map identifying U.S. Highways 69 and 96 as the primary hurricane evacuation routes for Southeast Texas residents, with ...

More people died trying to flee Hurricane Rita than from the storm itself when it was on a collision course with Houston 20 years ago. Roughly 3 million motorists jammed the highways in sweltering ...

Twenty years ago this week, and just short of one month after Hurricane Katrina destroyed parts of the Mississippi coast and put New Orleans under water for weeks, the unthinkable happened: An even ...

HOUSTON — Twenty years ago, Hurricane Rita triggered the largest and deadliest evacuation in U.S. history. More than 3.7 million people fled Houston and southeast Texas as the storm approached, ...

I still remember Hurricane Rita like it was yesterday. A few weeks ago, I shared how Katrina shaped the way we responded to Rita, and why, without Katrina, the massive evacuation we saw in Texas may ...

Millions of Houstonians jostled to escape the city ahead of Hurricane Rita – a storm that rushed towards the Gulf Coast on the heels of Katrina nearly 20 years ago, triggering the largest and most ...

(McAllen, Texas-AP) January 10, 2007 - The owner of the bus that exploded and killed 23 people during the Hurricane Rita evacuation has been sentenced to five years probation. Global Limo owner James ...

Twenty years ago this week, and just short of one month after Hurricane Katrina destroyed parts of the Mississippi coast and put New Orleans under water for weeks, the unthinkable happened: An even ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — Residents boarded up windows today and evacuated the low-lying Florida Keys as Tropical Storm Rita gathered strength in the Bahamas, threatening to grow into a hurricane with a ...

Usually only the most devastating or deadly hurricanes are burned into the memory of most, including those not affected by them. That can leave a lot of stronger hurricanes largely forgotten by many.

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On a sunny day in Galveston, no one thinks about evacuating for the next storm. For longtime residents like Kerry O'Malley, leaving during a storm is rare. "The first time ...