Hurricane Humberto Hits Texas Coast
On Thursday, Hurricane Humberto hit the upper Texas coast with 85-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rains that threatened widespread flooding.
According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in a report at 3:10 a.m. EDT, the storm, which brewed up in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, made landfall near High Island, about 30 miles northeast of Galveston.
Humberto had been expected to come ashore as a tropical storm, but suddenly strengthened in the gulf's warm waters. It struck a lightly populated area, and there were no reports of damage or injuries. T
The storm was expected to plow through southeastern Texas and head east into Louisiana, where officials braced for flooding.
Published on September 13, 2007
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