Brazoria County’s road and bridge crew did a “great” job of getting roads open immediately after Hurricane Nicholas, and the county’s contractor is ready to begin mobilizing to pick up debris, County Engineer Matt Hanks said.

Fewer than 400 residents remained without power Sunday evening, but they all are expected to have their electricity back by 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Heading into the weekend, electrical repair crews continue to make significant progress restoring power across Brazoria County despite challenges.

As residents start looking to hire home contractors for damages sustained by Hurricane Nicholas, city officials warn locals about scams that could occur. 

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Brazoria County residents have spent the last several days collecting broken limbs and cutting up the trunks and branches from fallen trees, piling the debris created when Hurricane Nicholas blew through in fromt of their homes.

While power restoration is ongoing, municipalities are finding ways to aid residents and are providing updates as often as possible regarding the circumstances.

When Salvation Army Capt. Justin Vincent walked inside the Lake Jackson Civic Center, he couldn’t believe the number of hungry residents craving a hot meal. Despite the hard work and chaos of the past days, feeding those mouths was a great reward.

When Angleton resident Leslie Alvarado uses her generator, she’s wary about carbon monoxide, she said.

The city of Angleton has opened a cooling center to help residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Nicholas.

Timothy Jones is among the more than 45,000 residents without electricity, but he was grateful the community banded together while providers scramble to return customers from the dark.

When schools reopen, Sweeny ISD will have a plan to deal with the instructional loss the students have experienced during another unexpected break from class, Superintendent Tory Hill said.

Three days after Hurricane Nicholas, people still await restoration of power, and crews are working to make it happen.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Nicholas, Brazoria County residents and officials spent Tuesday assessing damages and enduring power outages, which may continue for several days in some areas.

Children played in the high water as city workers used front-end loaders and dump trucks to pick up mounds of debris and brush that lined roads such as Bluewater Highway and Fort Velasco Boulevard on Tuesday.

ake Jackson workers faced a challenging feat in the wake of Hurricane Nicholas, with more than 200,000 cubic yards of brush material estimated to be removed across the city. 

Brazoria resident Steven Watkins believes he was only a few feet away from dying after a tree crushed his home during Hurricane Nicholas’s landfall.

7 P.M. UPDATE

4:15 P.M. UPDATE

With winds estimated in the upper 20s and guests reaching over the 30s and waves reaching farther and farther onto shore, the approach storm is closing beaches across the county to vehicle traffic.

The morning after Hurricane Nicholas, since downgraded to a tropical storm, passed through Brazoria County, officials worked to assess damages.

3 P.M. UPDATE

The best thing people should expect to say after a storm with the ferocity of Hurricane Nicholas comes ashore is it could have been a lot worse.

The Facts will continue to push out updates on Tropical Storm Nicholas throughout the duration, and this file will be routinely updated with information as we receive it.

A 4 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center indicated a hurricane watch is in effect for Port Aransas to San Luis Pass. The storm’s location was about 85 miles south-southwest of Matagorda and moving north-northeast at 12 mph. Throughout Brazoria County, people stocked up on supplies, but many didn’t seem overly worried.

Tropical Storm Nicholas will bring an increase in winds and rainfall as the day progresses, and is anticipated to make landfall Monday night near Matagorda Bay, and then to track north-northeast. County and city officials are urging preparedness.

ANGLETON — After steady activity in the tropics for several weeks, a storm is now taking aim at Brazoria County and officials are encouraging residents to make preparations before Tropical Storm Nicholas delivers its impact felt in the next few days.

Angleton ISD will require everyone on campus to wear masks indoors under a policy change approved by trustees during a special meeting Wednesday night.