Humberto, the third hurricane of the Atlantic season, slammed into eastern Texas with winds of 85 miles (135 kilometers) an hour.
Humberto hit the Texas coast east of High Island at about 2 a.m. local time, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on its Web site. At 4 a.m. today, Humberto was about 60 miles northeast of Galveston, and heading north-northeast at 8 mph. The system grew to a hurricane early today, less than 24 hours after developing into a tropical depression. The hurricane is expected to weaken to a tropical storm over land.
Forecasters are also monitoring a system that was about 930 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and had sustained winds of about 35 mph. The depression in the Caribbean may develop into a tropical storm today, the center said in a separate advisory.
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