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       Hurricane Nicholas makes landfall near Galveston, Texas Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean has the latest details on Nicholas, which weakened to a tropical storm early Tuesday.

       Nicholas made landfall across the central Texas coast early Tuesday morning as a Category 1 hurricane.

       NICHOLAS DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM AFTER MAKING LANDFALL IN TEXAS AS CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE

       The storm is forecast to weaken, but not move very much, bringing torrential rainfall to Texas and Louisiana.

       Hurricane Nicholas makes landfall (Credit: Fox News)

       A high risk of excessive rainfall for southwest Louisiana is not good news for an area that was hit very hard by Hurricane Ida just two weeks ago.

       Over a foot of rain – with isolated totals of up to 20 inches of rain – is possible.

       Rainfall around Louisiana (Credit: Fox News)

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       Meanwhile, a wide swath of 5-10 inches of rain will extend inland from far-East Texas across the central Gulf Coast.

       Flood Advisories in Texas (Credit: Fox News)

       Some tropical tornadoes, storm surge and gusty winds will also be dangerous especially east of the center of circulation.

       In other weather news, strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible from the Central Plains to the Northeast along a frontal boundary bringing the risk for hail, damaging winds, an isolated tornado and heavy rain.

       Severe weather threats from the Central Plains to the Northeast (Credit: Fox News)

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       Temperatures remain above average for much of the U.S.