Hurricane Nicholas made landfall along the Texas coast early Tuesday and was downgraded to a tropical storm a few hours later, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Adrian Bentancourt cleans up debris from a fence that was blown down by Hurricane Nicholas Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Joe Ward drives down through floodwaters from Hurricane Nicholas Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Surfside Beach, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Amy Tompkins sits with her dog, Pepper, on what’s left of a pier destroyed by Hurricane Nicholas Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Surfside Beach, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Gary Goerner surveys the damage from Hurricane Nicholas as he walks through his neighborhood Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in San Luis Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Debris covers the Bluewater Highway along the Texas Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Nicholas Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, near San Luis Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Billy Tran cleans up storm debris from Hurricane Nicholas Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Surfside Beach, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Jeff Geno takes apart a damaged storage unit in the aftermath of Hurricane Nicholas Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Surfside Beach, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Steven Voisin walks through his family’s heavily damaged oyster processing plant, as rain from Tropical Storm Nicholas, currently in the Gulf of Mexico, comes down through a destroyed roof, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Houma, La., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Bubba Ferguson drags a boat through a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Nicholas Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in San Luis Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
A worker tries to clear debris from a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Nicholas Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in San Luis Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
