Nicholas has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane and is expected to make landfall in the coming hours in Texas
Hurricane Nicholas -- with wind speeds of 75 miles per hour -- was located about 20 miles south east of Matagorda, Texas, and 45 miles southwest of Freeport, Texas, the center said in its 11 p.m. update.
"Life-threatening flash flooding impacts, especially in urbanized metropolitan areas, are possible across portions of the upper Texas Gulf Coast into far southwestern Louisiana," it said.Houston prepares by lowering Lake HoustonRead MoreHouston is preparing for moderate to heavy rain overnight from Nicholas, Mayor Sylvester Turner said Monday morning. "This is a storm still with some unpredictability, but we know this is going to be primarily a rain event," he said.
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