 as he's staying in, which may only serve to make the internal Democratic Party divisions more bitter. The National Weather Service says Barrel has made landfall in the middle of the Texas coast near Matagora with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds. The storm's center hit land as a Category 1 hurricane around 4 a.m. Monday about 85 miles southwest of Houston with top sustained winds of 80 mph while moving north at 12 mph.