Tropical Storm & #34;Nicholas" reached the shores of Texas. He hit southeast of Matagorda. This was reported by the National Hurricane Watch Center. Read today in USA.ONE magazine:
Texas hit by a new storm
What is known about the consequences of the disaster, where it will go next, and how much does Joe Biden estimate the losses?
By Storm "Nicholas"
Texas hit by Storm "Nicholas"
The wind speed inside the hurricane is estimated at 120 km/h, which makes it a Category 1 storm on a 5-point scale based on destructive potential and maximum wind speed. This is the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.
"Nicholas" provoked heavy rains and strong gusts of wind in parts of Texas and neighboring Louisiana. So far, there has been no information about the victims, but the hurricane has already managed to bring the first disasters: it knocked down trees and thoroughly damaged residential buildings. At the moment, it is reported about 400 thousand residents of the state who were left without electricity.
According to forecasters, the storm has already weakened, but the risk of flooding remains very high. Next "Nicholas" move non-northeast away from Houston and move into Louisiana. The local authorities have not yet calculated the losses from the new storm, but the US president predicts that the country's budget could be depleted by $100 billion from various cataclysms that occurred this year.
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