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Nov 10, 2022 · Hurricane Nicole is approaching Florida’s east coast, bringing heavy downpours, strong winds and dangerous storm surge Wednesday night. Radar imagery shows Nicole’s eye moving away from...
Nov 11, 2022 · Tropical Storm Nicole swung across the Florida peninsula Thursday after making landfall overnight as a hurricane. The sprawling weather system has battered the state with high winds, heavy...
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Nov 11, 2022 · Nicole made landfall as a hurricane Thursday morning. By Morgan Winsor and Emily Shapiro. Last Updated: November 11, 2022, 12:31 PM. 2:12. 4 killed in Florida after Nicole makes landfall. The rare November storm left a trail of destruction across the state, with at least...Show More. Show More. ABCNews.com.
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Hurricane Nicole made landfall on Florida’s Atlantic coast early Thursday, leading to at least two deaths, widespread power outages, the collapse of several homes and the unearthing of what may be a Native American burial ground.
The hurricane made landfall just south of Vero Beach around 3 a.m. ET on the east coast of the Florida Peninsula on North Hutchinson Island, with sustained winds estimated at 75 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
Nicole, which struck Florida as a Category 1 hurricane about six weeks after Category 4 Hurricane Ian, weakened into a tropical storm shortly after landfall.
While not as forceful as Ian, Nicole left broad devastation in its wake, including deaths.
Two people were electrocuted by a downed power line in Orange County, the sheriff’s office said Thursday afternoon.
Coastal homes collapsed in Wilbur-by-the-Sea, an unincorporated beachfront community, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Twenty-five homes have been declared structurally unsafe, and in Daytona Beach Shores, north of the community, 24 hotels and condominiums were declared unsafe and ordered evacuated, it said.
Hurricane warnings had covered Florida’s coast from Boca Raton to the county line between Flagler and Volusia counties, northeast of Orlando, before the storm’s landfall.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a storm briefing Thursday morning that Nicole’s strong winds are affecting regions beyond its central track.
He said the storm was bringing heavy rains to the state, which had resulted in “3 to 5 feet in storm surge” in some areas and potential flash flooding.
“You do have downed trees, you have power lines, you have some road washouts, combined winds and storm surge, we’ve seen beach erosion — especially in areas that had already seen erosion from Hurricane Ian, and these are places like Brevard, Volusia, Flagler and St. Johns counties,” DeSantis said.
He said that while the storm isn’t as strong as Ian was, he had expanded the initial emergency declaration for 45 counties to cover all of them. The state has 17,000 lineworkers staged to begin power restoration, as well as seven search and rescue teams, high water vehicles and Transportation Department crews ready to deploy as soon as it is safe, he said.
DeSantis had said earlier in the week that 600 National Guard members were activated, as well.
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Nov 10, 2022 · Nicole was a rare November hurricane that hit Florida on Thursday, killing two people and toppling homes into the ocean. The storm weakened to a tropical depression and moved across Georgia and the Carolinas, bringing heavy rain and flash floods.
Nov 10, 2022 · Hurricane Nicole has made landfall on Florida’s Atlantic coast just south of Vero Beach as a Category 1 hurricane early Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center, sending...
