Wednesday, September 21, 2005

RITA MAKES IT TO CATEGORY 5

On Tuesday morning it was barely a hurricane. On Wednesday morning it was already a Cat 4. By Wednesday evening it was a Cat 5 and flying through the Gulf of Mexico. Halfway to its target of Texas, Rita is already huge, a Katrina rival. That's the good news; it may have peaked early.

Maximum sustained winds now around 176 mph, according to AccuWeather.

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