Nicholas strengthens into Category 1 hurricane, threatens Texas with heavy rain

Nicholas strengthens into Category 1 hurricane, threatens Texas with heavy rain

MIAMI — Nicholas has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Texas. The storm is likely to strike the same area hit by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and storm-battered Louisiana. Although the system is expected to generate only a fraction as much rain as Harvey, nearly all of the state’s coastline was under a tropical storm warning that included potential flash floods and urban flooding. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state has…

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Nicholas strengthens to a hurricane just before landfall Monday night.

Nicholas strengthens to a hurricane just before landfall Monday night.

Hurricane Nicholas is forecast to make landfall near Brazosport, TX as a category 1 hurricane Monday night/early Tuesday morning. Author: Mariah Gallegos (KIII TV), Ryan Shoptaugh, KIII Weather, Joe DeCarlo Published: 7:19 PM EDT July 29, 2021 Updated: 11:17 PM EDT September 13, 2021 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — MON 10PM – Nicholas is now a Category 1 hurricane, sitting 20 miles off from the middle Texas Gulf Coast.  75 mph winds; 90 mph gusts.  Movement…

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Tropical Storm Nicholas to make landfall near Matagorda Bay Monday Evening

Tropical Storm Nicholas to make landfall near Matagorda Bay Monday Evening

Tropical Storm Nicholas moves in, near Matagorda Bay Monday Evening. As Nicholas makes landfall, conditions will improve in the Coastal Bend. Author: Mariah Gallegos (KIII TV), Ryan Shoptaugh, KIII Weather, Joe DeCarlo Published: 7:19 PM EDT July 29, 2021 Updated: 5:55 PM EDT September 13, 2021 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — 4 p.m. UPDATE: Nicholas has strengthened 5mph since 1pm and is now a 65 mph tropical storm; winds gusting up to 75 mph.  Nicholas is…

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Tropical Storm Nicholas strengthens slightly, nears Texas coast

Tropical Storm Nicholas strengthens slightly, nears Texas coast

Nicholas is expected to maintain Tropical Storm strength as it travels across the Texas coast. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — 4 p.m. UPDATE: Nicholas has strengthened 5mph since 1pm and is now a 65 mph tropical storm; winds gusting up to 75 mph.  Nicholas is moving NNE at 12 mph.  It’s about 60-70 miles away from Matagorda Bay. The 4PM NHC update takes Nicholas near Matagorda Bay at landfall this evening as a 70 mph tropical…

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Nicholas gets stronger, threatens to hit Texas as hurricane

Nicholas gets stronger, threatens to hit Texas as hurricane

By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Nicholas gathered strength Monday and threatened to blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane that could bring up to 20 inches of rain to parts of the Gulf Coast, including the same area hit by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and storm-battered Louisiana. Nearly all of the state’s coastline was under a tropical storm warning that included potential flash floods and urban flooding. Texas Gov. Greg…

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Tropical Storm Nicholas set to make landfall, two more named storms possible later this week

Tropical Storm Nicholas set to make landfall, two more named storms possible later this week

We’re deep into the most active month of hurricane season and the WCNC Charlotte weather team is tracking three systems. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tropical Storm Nicholas Tropical Storm Nicholas is the newest named storm in the Atlantic basin that formed over the weekend. The 14th named storm this hurricane season is currently a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph with gusts of 70 mph in the southern Gulf of Mexico.  Track: Nicholas…

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Crews in southern Spain face 'complex' wildfire for 5th day

Crews in southern Spain face 'complex' wildfire for 5th day

By ARITZ PARRA, Associated Press MADRID — Firefighting crews near southern Spain’s Costa del Sol were hoping for much-needed rainfall Monday to help them extinguish a major wildfire that has ravaged 7,700 hectares (19,000 acres) in five days and forced the evacuations of 2,600 people. Authorities are describing the blaze in Sierra Bermeja, a mountain range in Malaga province, as an extreme “mega-fire” brought on by climate change — a catastrophic event that kill, blacken…

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Tropical Storm Nicholas nears the Texas coast

Tropical Storm Nicholas nears the Texas coast

Nicholas is expected to maintain Tropical Storm strength as it travels across the Texas coast. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As of the 7 AM CDT update from the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Nicholas has maintained its strength in the western Gulf of Mexico. Nicholas has winds sustained at 60 mph, with gusts of 70 mph. Nicholas is expected to maintain its Tropical Storm status as it pushes up the Mexican coastline and near South…

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Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain

Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Nicholas was moving up the Gulf Coast on Monday, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Nicholas was strengthening, churning up top winds of 60 mph (95 kph). It was traveling north-northwest at 14 mph (22 kph) on a forecast track to pass near the South Texas coast later Monday, then move onshore…

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Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain

Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain

By The Associated Press MIAMI — Tropical Storm Nicholas headed toward the Texas coast Sunday night, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said a hurricane watch was issued for the central portion of the Texas coast with much of the state’s coastline now under a tropical storm warning. Nicholas is expected to approach the middle Texas coast…

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Tropical Storm Nicholas in the Gulf, several more waves with chances to develop

Tropical Storm Nicholas in the Gulf, several more waves with chances to develop

We’re deep into the most active month of hurricane season and the WCNC Charlotte weather team is tracking five systems. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tropical Storm Nicholas is the newest named storm in the Atlantic basin. The 14th named storm this hurricane season is currently a weak tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph in the southern Gulf of Mexico.  Nicholas is moving towards the U.S. Gulf coast with a forecast track over Texas…

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Tropical Storm Nicholas forms in Gulf, threatening Texas, Mexico

Tropical Storm Nicholas forms in Gulf, threatening Texas, Mexico

MIAMI — Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday that Tropical Storm Nicholas has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical storm warnings were issued for coastal Texas and the northeast coast of Mexico. Nicholas is expected to produce storm total rainfall of 5 to 10 inches 13 to 25 centimeters), with isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches, across portions of coastal Texas into southwest Louisiana on Sunday through midweek. Over the…

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Tropical Storm Nicholas forms, threatens Texas, Louisiana with heavy rain

Tropical Storm Nicholas forms, threatens Texas, Louisiana with heavy rain

A disturbance in the Bay of Campeche officially became a named storm on Sunday morning. Tropical Storm Nicholas is near Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, and has potential to bring flooding and rain to Mexico and Texas. According to the National Hurricane Center, Nicholas will produce heavy rain across portions of southern Mexico, Texas and Louisiana. The heavy rain will continue to threaten those coastal areas through the middle of the upcoming…

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Tropical Storm Nicholas forms, tracking four tropical waves

Tropical Storm Nicholas forms, tracking four tropical waves

We’re deep into the most active month of hurricane season and the WCNC Charlotte weather team is tracking five systems. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We have a lot of active weather in the Atlantic Basin, so let’s get right to it. There are five areas of interest, but one that is coming nowhere close to the United States. First, Invest 94-L (the area shaded in red) has a 90% chance of becoming our next depression or…

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