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Nicholas bringing threat of "life-threatening" flash floods across Deep South
CBSN
Tropical Storm Nicholas could "cause life-threatening flash floods across the deep South during the next couple of days," the National Hurricane Center says. The storm, which reached hurricane strength late Monday, made landfall along the central Texas coast early Tuesday before weakening back into a tropical storm.
Nicholas was about 15 miles south-southwest of Houston early Tuesday morning and about 90 miles west-southwest of Beaumont, Texas. It was moving north-northeast at 8 miles an hour, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph.
The storm is expected to move deeper into Texas on Tuesday and farther east by Wednesday, over Louisiana. Little movement is likely on Thursday. The hurricane center said Nicholas should weaken some more today and become a tropical depression by Wednesday.
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