Hurricane Nicholas weakens to tropical storm after making landfall in Texas, unleashing heavy rain and leaving more than 200,000 people without power

• Hurricane Nicholas made landfall in southeastern Texas early Tuesday morning.
• It then weakened into a tropical storm.
• More than 200,000 people have no power, and officials warned of "life-threatening flash floods."

Hurricane Nicholas made landfall in southeastern Texas on Tuesday morning, where its strong winds left more than 200,000 people without power, before weakening to a tropical storm.

Its center made landfall at about 12:30 a.m. CT, or 1:30 a.m. ET, on the eastern part of the Matagorda Peninsula, about 10 miles southwest of Sargent Beach, Texas, the National Hurricane Center said.

The center warned that it was bringing "heavy rain" and "strong winds."

Its winds then weakened to 70 mph, making it a tropical storm.

The center warned in its 4 a.m. CT advisory that Nicholas "could cause life-threatening flash floods across the deep south during the next couple of days."

More than 200,000 people were without power in Texas as of Tuesday morning, according to Poweroutage.us.