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Hurricane Nicholas Slams Into Texas Coast With Extreme 75 MPH Winds

The 14th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is drenching southern Texas and more than a half-million people are without electricity.

Hurricane Nicholas has arrived in Texas, and the extreme weather has already left more than 500,000 people without electricity. According to the Associated Press, Nicholas made landfall a few miles from Sargent Beach in the early hours of Tuesday and has been battering the coast with winds as high as 75 mph. The storm, which is the 14th of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, is now expected to carve a path northeast with heavy rainfall and extreme winds before reaching southwestern Louisiana on Wednesday. The tracker site poweroutage.us recorded at least 502,293 customers without power across Texas as of Tuesday morning. On Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an emergency declaration, warning residents get ready for a “substantial water event.”