Hurricane Nicole Florida Prevails After Storm Kills At Least 5 And Causes Unprecedented Damage To Daytona Area Coastline
As Nicole threatens the Carolinas and Virginia on Friday with tornadoes and flooding, Florida residents — many still recovering from Hurricane Ian — are picking up the pieces after this week’s storm that killed at least five people and destroyed buildings in the dangerous storm surge and strong winds. In Florida’s Volusia County, at least 49 beachfront properties, including hotels and condos, were deemed “unsafe” in the wake of Nicole, which hit Florida’s east coast south of Vero Beach as a Category 1 hurricane early Thursday before weakening to a tropical storm and it finally became a post-tropical cyclone on Friday afternoon....