"Tropical Storm Harold is plowing through Texas, triggering flash flooding and tornado warnings as the gusty storm pushes toward Mexico.
Harold made landfall just before 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) on Padre Island, Texas, with sustained winds of 50 mph and gusts as high as 67 mph, becoming the first storm to come ashore in the United States in the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.
Heavy rain and strong winds will continue to slam portions of southern Texas and Mexico as Harold tracks westward Tuesday afternoon and evening. Those winds had knocked out power to around 40,000 customers in Texas, according to poweroutage.us.
Tropical storm warnings have been issued from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Port O’ Connor, Texas, with tropical storm watches in effect from Port O’Connor to Sargent, Texas. More than 1 million people are under tropical storm warnings in Texas."
Mary Gilbert and Nouran Salahieh report for CNN August 22, 2023.
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