The third hurricane of this season struck the Texas Gulf of Mexico coastline early this morning after forming quickly offshore, bringing heavy rains and causing one death.

Hurricane Humberto made landfall shortly after midnight Central time, as a Category 1 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale with sustained winds close to 80 mph, near High Island, Texas.

The storm brought up to 15 inches of rainfall in some places, according to reports issued by the National Hurricane Center.

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