500,000+ customers in Texas are without power after Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall, threatening parts of the Gulf Coast with up to 20 inches of rain.
Houston's school district, the state’s largest, as well as others, canceled classes for Tuesday. The weather threat also closed multiple Covid-19 testing and vaccination sites in the Houston and the Corpus Christi areas, and forced the cancellation of a Harry Styles concert scheduled for Monday evening in Houston.Hurricane Harvey in 2017
The storm is then expected to stall, with little movement anticipated on Thursday, according to a National Hurricane Center forecast. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency Sunday night, ahead of the storm’s arrival in a state still recovering from Ida and Laura and historic flooding. On Monday, President Joe Biden approved the governor's request for an emergency declaration.“Hope and prayer is not a good game plan,” he said.The storm is also expected to drop heavy rain on far southern Mississippi and far southern Alabama.
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