Tropical Storm Nicole blocked many low-lying streets in Jacksonville and harmed some homes during Thursday's high tides.
delivered water that filled streets, swamped cars and damaged at least a limited number of low-lying homes in Northeast Florida Thursday morning.
“I was not expecting this at all,” said Drake Montgomery, who waded home through well more than a foot of water on Lasalle Street in Jacksonville'sMontgomery, 34, returned to find flooding substantially deeper than when he left and a stranger’s car stopped in his former parking place, where it had stalled and wouldn’t start again after taking on too much water.In St.
The weather threats were part of Nicole's trek across Florida, having come ashore in South Florida early Thursday to cross the peninsula and maybe head to Georgia Friday. said, and flash flooding was considered a potential across most of North Florida and South Georgia. But tides will be trapped in the river through Friday and southerly winds are expected to push water higher in areas including Jacksonville’s Riverside neighborhood, the Weather Service said.
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