Authorities in Wilbur-by-the-Sea, Florida ordered evacuations for dozens of homes, condos and hotels after Tropical Storm Nicole damaged the structures along the beach.
Tropical Depression Nicole made landfall early Thursday as a Category 1 hurricane along the east coast of Florida, causing what one official said was"unprecedented" damage to structures before it raked across the central part of the state as a tropical storm.
"Multiple coastal homes in Wilbur-by-the-Sea have collapsed and several other properties are at imminent risk," Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said in a social media message. In the Daytona Beach area, most bridges to the beachside have been closed to all but essential personnel and a curfew was put into effect, he said.
"Structural damage along our coastline is unprecedented," Recktenwald said."We've never experienced anything like this before."
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