BREAKING: Forecasters say Nicholas has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it heads toward Texas landfall.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said top sustained winds reached 75 mph . It was traveling north-northeast at 10 mph on a forecast track to pass near Matagorda Bay in the upper Texas Gulf Coast later Monday, then move onshore along the Southeast Texas coast into Tuesday evening.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said the system’s top sustained winds were 70 mph , nearly hurricane strength and an increase of 10 mph from earlier in the day. If the winds hit 74 mph , the storm would become a Category 1 hurricane. It was moving north-northeast at 12 mph and was predicted to make landfall late Monday night along the central Texas coast.
An automated station in Matagorda Bay registered a sustained wind of 55 mph with a gust of 71 mph , the hurricane center reported. In flood-prone Houston, officials worried that heavy rain expected to arrive late Monday and early Tuesday could inundate streets and flood homes. Authorities deployed high-water rescue vehicles throughout the city and erected barricades at more than 40 locations that tend to flood, Mayor Sylvester Turner said.
“This city is very resilient. We know what we need to do. We know about preparing,” said Turner, referencing four major flood
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