The weather event titled Edouard did not arrive in the United States as a hurricane, hitting the U.S. Coast east of Galveston, Texas, as a tropical storm with maximum winds of 65 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Meteorologists there said the storm weakened as it moved inland, after hitting the Texas coast with strong winds and heavy rain. The tropical storm warning was cancelled for New Orleans.

Steve Smith a meteorologist with Re Advisory, a service of Carvill insurance brokerage, reported that Edouard made landfall well east of Galveston in the McFadden National Wildlife Refuge.

“As such, damage is expected to be limited. The most significant impact from Edouard is likely to be localized flooding – in some small areas east of Houston, Edouard has dropped 4 inches of rain with more to come,” he wrote.

At 11:00 a.m. EDT the center of Edouard was located 45 miles north-northeast of Galveston, moving forward at about 15 mph.

Forecasters said Edouard is expected to produce three-to-five inches of rain in southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas, with possibilities of up to ten inches in parts of southeast Texas. Isolated tornadoes are also possible over parts of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas.

Edouard forced oil and gas companies located in the Gulf of Mexico to evacuated 23 of the area's 717 production platforms. Oakland, Calif.-based Eqecat catastrophe modeling firm said it continues to predict negligible damage, with insured losses not exceeding $100 million.

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