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/ 24 September 2005

Hurricane Rita slams into land

Hurricane Rita hurled its full fury at Texas and Louisiana on Saturday, as the storm’s potent eyewall ripped ashore, lashing coastlines with a terrifying barrage of near 200kph winds and walls of driving rain. Rita smashed into a coastline bristling with vital oil and chemical installations after its outer bands dumped fresh floods on New Orleans.

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