Tropical Storm Hermine hits northeastern Mexico, Texas
September 7th, 2010 - 10:26 pm ICT by BNO NewsHOUSTON (BNO NEWS) — Tropical Storm Hermine barreled into southern Texas on Tuesday, after making landfall in northeastern Mexico on Monday night with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/hr), meteorologists said.
The storm toppled trees and traffic lights, flooded neighborhoods and left without electricity the Mexican city of Matamoros, destroying at least one house that left an infant injured. Additionally, billboards fell on cars but there were no reports of injuries.
Meanwhile, in the Texan city of Galveston, a 44 year old woman drowned due to rip currents, according to preliminary reports from the U.S. National Weather Service.
According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, as of 10 a.m. CDT (1500 UTC), the storm was located 60 miles (95 kilometers) northwest of Corpus Christi, Texas. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/hr). The storm is moving toward the north at 17 miles (28 kilometer) per hour.
The storm is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 4 to 8 inches, with possible isolated maximum amounts of 10 inches, from the middle Texas coast northward through central Texas, and over central and eastern Oklahoma.
According to the NHC, these rains are expected to spread northeastward across southeastern Kansas, northwestern Arkansas, and Missouri during the next few days causing life-threatening flash floods.
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