Power Outage, Heavy Rain In Texas, Louisiana As Tropical Storm Nicholas Makes Landfall

Tropical Storm Nicholas gained strength to become a hurricane and made landfall on the coast of Texas overnight. Nicholas made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph after midnight about 20 miles northeast of Matagorda, Texas, drenching the upper Texas coast and parts of Louisiana, with gusty winds hammering the region. PowerOutage.us reported 339,460 power fai