 News this hour from townhall.com. I'm Mitch Thomason. After bulking up as it roared across the Gulf of Mexico, hurricane barrels slammed into the central Texas Gulf Coast this morning. That Cat 1 storm making landfall near Matagorda, about 80 miles southwest of Houston. Ahead of the storm's landing, Harris County Judge Lena Hidalgo warned KTRK-TV of widespread disruption.