'Conditions remain dangerous' as Hurricane Nicholas makes its way to Texas

The exact location of the landfall of Nicholas was approximately 10 miles west-southwest of Sargent Beach, gushing in with winds of 75 mph. However, just hours after it hit the land, it was categorized as a tropical storm with winds of 70 mph.

"Conditions remain dangerous across the area due to winds, power outages and heavy rainfall. Remain at your current location. Do not attempt to travel at this time," tweeted Jeff Lindner, meteorologist at Harris County Flood Control District.

Even though Nicholas is not as big as Ida with respect to winds, it is expected to bring in up to 20 inches of precipitation over the next few days. This is likely to happen in the regions extending from Louisiana to Florida Panhandle.

"Life-threatening flash flooding impacts, especially in urban areas, are possible across these regions," said the National Hurricane Center.

With Nicholas arriving just two weeks after Ida, it is even worse because the Ida recovery is still ongoing and in its early stages. According to Poweroutage.US, 480,000 customers in Texas are already without power. Bart Stanley is one such customer who also owned Stanley's General Store in Matagorda. He came down to the store unaware of the extend of damage, only to find that the canopy in some parts of the store had been ripped off.

"I came down here to get our store open so that people could get coffee and gas and whatever else they need because there's no place else for like 30 miles away," Stanley said.

After pummeling the Texas coast as a low-level hurricane, Nicholas has downgraded to a tropical storm as of 4:30 a.m. on Sept. 14.

To make up for the power outage, CenterPoint Energy declared that 3,200 crews were already out in some parts of Houston to restore power as soon it was safe for them to go out.