Reply #6: Hurricane Humberto hits Texas

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"Hurricane Humberto crashed ashore along southeast Texas early Thursday, bringing heavy rains and maximum sustained winds of up to 80 mph as it made its way to Louisiana, the National Weather Service said.

The Category 1 storm made landfall about five miles east of High Island, near Sea Rim State Park, meteorologist Jim Sweeney said. The storm was expected to start weakening as it continued inland.

"It's a very compact storm," Sweeney said. The strongest winds are very close to the center of circulation. The hurricane force winds only go about 15 miles."

Power was knocked out for most of Beaumont as the storm blew through, said Michael White, Jefferson County's assistant emergency management coordinator.

"We're seeing winds at about 75 to 80 miles per hour," White said from the Emergency Operations Center in Beaumont, which lost power. Officials were forced to track the storm with laptops.

http://www.miamiherald.com/hurricane/story/235975.html