Bizarre flying shark captured in footage of storm Nicholas devastation

Half a million homes and businesses were without power amid flooding brought about by storm Nicholas, which dumped six inches of rain on Houston, Texas, and 14 inches along the Gulf Coast.

Drone footage from Tuesday showed Surfside Beach, a town 90km (56 miles) southeast of Houston, submerged by floodwaters and dozens of homes damaged.

The town, just east of the Matagorda Peninsula, was where Nicholas made landfall early Tuesday – when it was downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm.