The north-moving storm hit the east coast early Thursday as a Category 1 hurricane.
Tropical storm force winds extended as far as 450 miles from the center in some directions as Nicole turned northward over central Florida Thursday morning. It could briefly emerge over the northeastern corner of the Gulf of Mexico Thursday afternoon before moving over the Florida Panhandle and Georgia, forecasters said.
The storm left south Florida sunny and calm as it moved north, could dump as much as 6 inches of rain over Blue Ridge Mountains by Friday, forecasters said.Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane around Vero Beach at about 3 a.m. Thursday before its maximum sustained winds dropped to 60 mph , the Miami-based center said. The storm was centered about 30 miles southeast of Orlando. It was moving west-northwest near 14 mph .already damaged by Hurricane Ian and now threatened by Nicole.
Waves crash near a damaged building and a lifeguard tower in Daytona Beach Shores in Florida Wednesday.Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s club and home, was in one of the evacuation zones, built about a quarter-mile inland from the ocean. The main buildings sit on a small rise that is about 15 feet above sea level and the property has survived numerous stronger hurricanes since it was built nearly a century ago.
At a news conference Wednesday in Tallahassee, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that winds were the biggest concern and significant power outages could occur, but that 16,000 linemen were on standby to restore power as well as 600 guardsmen and seven search and rescue teams.
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