Photos: Tropical Storm Nicholas Batters Gulf Coast

HOUSTON, TX -- Tropical Storm Nicholas began to slow down over Houston after dumping over a foot of rain and cutting off a half million homes from power. Forecasters warn that Nicholas could potentially bring life-threatening floods all across the South in the next week.

Nicholas arrived on Tuesday in the Matagorda Peninsula but was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm. Nicholas is the 14th named storm of this years Atlantic Hurricane season.

See below for photos of the wreckage the storm left in its path.

Paul Villagomez secures filled gas containers in his truck as he prepares for Tropical Storm Nicholas, Monday, September 13, 2021, in Kingwood, Texas. "I'm just trying to be prepared," Villagomez said. "I'm actually surprised there aren't more people filling up."

Jarod Voisin closes the doors of his family's heavily damaged oyster processing plant, as rain from Tropical Storm Nicholas, currently in the Gulf of Mexico, comes down, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Houma, Louisiana, Tuesday, September 14, 2021.

Cheri Daigle, a retired teacher, takes a photo as Tropical Storm Nicholas approaches the Texas coast Monday, September 13, 2021, along the seawall in Galveston, Texas.

John Pittman, a nurse who works in emergency medicine, fishes to decompress as Tropical Storm Nicholas heads toward the Texas coast, Monday, September 13, 2021, along the seawall in Galveston, Texas.

Vehicles make their way over the Intracoastal Waterway Bridge in Matagorda, Texas as Tropical Storm Nicholas approaches on Monday, September 13, 2021.

A man walks down Seawall Boulevard near 61st Street on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, in Galveston, Texas. Hurricane Nicholas made landfall early in the morning along the coast.

Parts of a roof sit on top of a car parked at Blessings Tire and Auto Care following Hurricane Nicholas in Bay City, Texas on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. According to the owner of the business, he wasn't sure where the roof came from.

Alfa Alamia cleans up her brother's yard in Palacios, Texas following Hurricane Nicholas on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Alamia has lived in Palacios since she was 12.

People get gas the morning after Hurricane Nicholas made landfall along the coast, Tuesday, September 14, 2021, in Galveston, Texas.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.