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Hurricane Humberto drenches Gulf Coast

Truckers on the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana came face to face with the high winds and heavy rains of Hurricane Humberto on Thursday, Sept. 13.

A Texas man died when a carport collapsed on him, and 13,000 customers lost power in Louisiana.

The highest winds were clocked at 80 mph, and the heaviest rains were on the order of 6 to 7 inches, according to local media reports where the storm hit.

Meteorologists said they’ve never seen a tropical depression turn into a Category 1 hurricane so quickly near landfall.

The National Weather Service reported that Thursday afternoon Humberto had weakened to sustained winds of 35 mph with higher gusts. It was moving west-northwest at 6 mph.

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