Hurricane Humberto blew through Southeast Texas in the early morning hours of Thursday, Sept. 13, downing trees and power lines and dumping around 10 inches of rain on the area.

Most Southeast Texans went to bed Wednesday night thinking Humberto was a tropical storm off the coast near Galveston. But in the early hours of Thursday, Sept. 13, many woke to find that Humberto had not only made an easterly turn but had also strengthened to hurricane status.

The National Weather Service showed that Humberto came ashore as a Category 1 storm, with 85 mph winds. At 96 mph, the storm would have been classified as a Category 2.

Wind gusts of 105 mph were recorded at around 3 a.m. in the Beaumont area.

Weather officials said high pressure to the east and low pressure to the west pushed the storm eastward and kept it over water longer, where it grew from a tropical storm to a hurricane in a short period of time.

Humberto brought around 10 inches of rain to the Beaumont area, with some parts of Southeast Texas receiving almost 15 inches.

The storm caused school closings, power outages and street flooding throughout the area. At least 110,000 Entergy customers lost power.

Gov. Rick Perry declared Jefferson, Orange and Galveston counties a disaster area.

"Texans in Jefferson, Orange and Galveston Counties can rest assured that we have deployed the necessary resources to help them recover from the devastation resulting from this storm," Perry said. "We are working closely with local officials to restore power to the region and to ensure everyone's safety. I urge all Texans to heed the warnings of their local leaders and take all possible precautions to stay out of dangerous situations."

The State Operations Center was fully activated Wednesday in anticipation of the storm.

Though Humberto caused some damage, the Category 1 storm was much less disastrous for Southeast Texas than Hurricane Rita, which came ashore as a Category 3 storm on Sept. 24, 2005.