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Hurricane Humberto lashes Texas Texas drenched by tropical storm
(about 7 hours later)
Hurricane Humberto has made landfall in the US state of Texas, bringing heavy rains and winds up to 85mph (140km/h). Heavy rain has been falling in Texas after Hurricane Humberto, the first hurricane to hit the US Gulf coast in two years, came ashore on Thursday.
The Category One storm should weaken as it crosses into the neighbouring state of Louisiana, US officials said. One person was reported to have been killed and there were fears of flash flooding in areas already inundated in the wettest summer in 100 years.
Humberto is expected to drop between five and 10 inches (12-25cm) of rain on an already soggy Texas, but officials have not ordered residents to evacuate. Power was knocked out in some districts by Humberto's 85mph (140km/h) winds.
The state is enduring its wettest year in more than 100 years, with at least 40 people killed amid flooding. By mid-morning, the hurricane had weakened to a tropical storm and had moved into neighbouring Louisiana.
A hurricane warning has been issued from east of High Island, where Humberto made landfall, to Cameron, Louisiana. At 1500 GMT, Humberto was 125km (75 miles) west-northwest of Lafayette in Louisiana with winds of 100km (75 miles) per hour, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported.
Some areas of our state remain saturated by summer floods, and many communities in this storm's projected path are at high risk of dangerous flash flooding Rick PerryTexas governor Humberto had strengthened quickly to a Category One hurricane before making landfall early on Thursday, but then rapidly lost strength.
At 0400 (0900 GMT) Humberto was 25 miles (35km) north-east of High Island, moving in a north-easterly direction at 8mph (13km/h). Flooding fears
Texas Governor Rick Perry activated military rescue teams including helicopters and water rescue workers. Some 100,000 customers were without electricity in Beaumont and Port Arthur in Texas, a spokesman for Entenergy Texas said. Three oil refineries were also shut down after losing power.
No evacuations had been ordered as Humberto neared the coast of Texas.
But Texas Governor Rick Perry activated military rescue teams including helicopters and water rescue workers.
"Some areas of our state remain saturated by summer floods, and many communities in this storm's projected path are at high risk of dangerous flash flooding," he said."Some areas of our state remain saturated by summer floods, and many communities in this storm's projected path are at high risk of dangerous flash flooding," he said.
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco has declared a state of emergency. At least 40 people have been killed in flooding in Texas this year.
Humberto is the third named hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic storm season. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said four to six inches of rain (10-15cm) of rain were expected across much of Louisiana and Mississippi.
The deadly Hurricanes Dean and Felix both strengthened to Category-Five storms - the most powerful on the five-point rating scale - before lashing Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. Humberto was the third hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic storm season.
But it was far weaker than the deadly Hurricanes Dean and Felix which both reached Category Five status - the most powerful on the five-point rating scale - before lashing Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico.