Hurricane Rita plowed into the Gulf Coast along the Texas-Louisiana border early Saturday, causing significant wind damage and some flooding.

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Although residents of the Gulf Coast need little confirmation, meteorologists say 2005 is already an unusual year for the North Atlantic Ocean in terms of the number and strength of hurricanes originating there.

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Hurricane Rita bore down on Texas and southwestern Louisiana with 135 mph winds Friday, creating widespread traffic jams as hundreds of thousands of residents raced to safer ground and raising fears of another catastrophic flood in New Orleans.

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Sheriff Sam Craft of Rosepine, La. describes how his community is preparing for Hurricane Rita.

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An update on Hurricane Rita's path and strength as the storm nears Texas and Louisiana.

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Water poured back into parts of New Orleans Friday as the storm surge from Hurricane Rita overran the levees already weakened by Hurricane Katrina. Ceci Connolly of The Washington Post reports on the situation.

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Following a background report, a reporter from Dallas talks about about how a bus carrying elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees caught fire. Then, another evacuation report from Houston.

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A report from Baker, La. about the stress many communities are facing from taking in Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

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Washington Post reporter Doug Struck, who spent much of Friday around the city of Beaumont, outlines preparations for Rita from eastern Texas.

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Drawing upon the harsh lessons of Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of thousands of Texans -- many from Houston -- continued to evacuate the southeast corner of the state Thursday as Hurricane Rita spun toward the Gulf Coast.

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