MIAMI (AFP) ? Tropical storm Don barreled across the Gulf of Mexico toward drought-stricken Texas, carrying welcome rain for the agriculture-heavy southwestern's state's ranchers and farmers.
Officials at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said that Don, which is expected to make landfall late Friday at Baffin Bay, Texas, could drop between two and four inches (5 to 10.2 centimeters) in south Texas and northeastern Mexico, with possible isolated amounts of up to six inches (15.2 centimeters).
At 2400 GMT the storm was about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south-east of Corpus Christi, the NHC said.
Don was moving at a speed of around 16 miles (26 kilometers) per hour with maximum sustained winds near 50 miles (85 kilometers) per hour.
The NHC added they no longer expected the storm to strengthen as it approached Texas and discontinued the tropical storm warning for north of Port O'Connor.
Don, the fourth tropical storm in the Atlantic this season, is the second to cross the Gulf of Mexico after Arlene hit east and central Mexico in June.
The Atlantic hurricane season spans six months from June to November, with the highest number of storms taking place in September and October.
Officials had predicted large and damaging waves from Don, with ocean levels expected to be as much as two feet (61 centimeters) above ground level.
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