Nicholas reached shore 70 miles from where historic Hurricane Harvey made landfall in 2017 – and actually closer to Houston.
Thousands are without power in Texas and Louisiana after Hurricane Nicholas made landfall.Some areas could see 20 inches of rain.
"Nicholas could cause life-threatening flash floods across the Deep South during the next couple days," National Hurricane Center specialist Eric Blake warned.More than 510,000 Texas homes and businesses were without power Tuesday, mostly in and around the Houston metropolitan area, according to utility tracking website poweroutage.us.
The greatest risk to lives and property will be from flooding rainfall, AccuWeather warned. With the forecast track of Nicholas, the heaviest rain will end up over a broad area to the north and northeast of the center of the storm that includes a large portion of southeastern Texas and part of Louisiana.
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