(September 13, 2007)— About 100,000 Entergy customers are without power in Southeast Texas after Hurricane Humberto rumbled through the region early Thursday morning.

The area had expected a tropical storm Thursday, at worst.
Instead, it got a Category 1 hurricane with heavy rains and sustained winds of up to 80 miles per hour.

Entergy Texas spokeswoman Debi Derrick says some customers may not have electric power restored for a couple of days.

The storm made landfall early Thursday morning about five miles east of High Island, near Sea Rim State Park.

Flash flood warnings were issued for parts of Southeast Texas, including the Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange areas and into Louisiana.

The storm brought fears of flooding in some areas already saturated by unusually heavy summer rains.

The storm's rain bands were spreading over the coast and between 5 and 10 inches of rain was expected, with some spots possibly getting as much as 15 inches.

But authorities have said evacuations aren't necessary.

Humberto was upgraded to Hurricane Humberto, just before making landfall.

Gov. Rick Perry activated emergency resources ahead of Humberto’s arrival.

Perry says parts of the state are still saturated by summer floods and there's a high risk of dangerous flash flooding from Humberto's heavy rain.

Perry has activated 50 high profile vehicles and 200 Texas soldiers, six Black Hawk helicopters and two Texas Task Force swift water rescue teams, and made available additional search and rescue resources, including 60 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department boats and 120 personnel, five General Land Office boats and crew, plus the Texas Forest Service Lonestar Incident Management Team.

Coast Guard aircraft are also ready for use.

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