Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast early today as a hurricane and dumped more than a foot (30.5 centimeters) of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, drenching storm-battered Louisiana.

It knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people and brought the potential for life-threatening flash floods across the Deep South.

The storm, expected to weaken into a tropical depression by Wednesday, could dump up to 20 inches (51 centimeters) of rain in parts of central and southern Louisiana.

Nicholas was the 14th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season.

Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights are scheduled to be arraigned in federal court Tuesday at a hearing that could also address some pretrial motions.

At federal arraignment hearings, defendants can have the charges read to them, and not guilty pleas are typically entered. The parties were to appear at Tuesday’s hearing via videoconference.

Prosecutors and attorneys for the former officers could also argue several motions on Tuesday.

St. Thomas basketball secured a four-star forward, Ahjany Lee, who tweeted yesterday that he is a hundred percent committed. The six-foot-nine senior chose St. Thomas from numerous offers.

Hope Hansen can be reached at hope.hansen@stthomas.edu.