Nicole made landfall as a category one hurricane this morning south of Vero Beach, but already downgraded to a tropical storm, it was moving over the center of Florida with winds of 60 miles per hour (100 km / h), reported the National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the United States.
which was the eighth this year’s hurricane in the Atlantic basin, it made landfall around 3:00 a.m. (07:00 GMT) on Thursday after having crossed Great Abaco Island, Bahamas. Florida reports flooding, downed trees, roof and infrastructure damage, and power outages. Several schools are closed.
Tropical Storm #Nicole Advisory 13A: Nicole Now Centered Over Central Florida. Strong Winds, Dangerous Storm Surge and Waves, and Heavy Rains Continue Over a Large Area. https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) November 10, 2022
At 0700 hours, Nicole was about 50 kilometers southwest of Orlando and about 90 kilometers east of Tampa, on the west coast of Florida. She was moving at 14 miles per hour (22 km/h) in a west-northwest direction, but will soon turn northwest and north-northwest and accelerate to the north and north-northeast on Friday.
According to the NHC forecast, the center of Nicole will cross central Florida and possibly emerge over the extreme northeast of the Gulf of Mexico, and then cross the Panhandle region (northeast Florida) and Georgia between tonight and Friday.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 60 mph (100 km/h) with higher gusting gusts, and Nicole will weaken as it moves over land. It is likely to become a tropical depression over Georgia tonight or early Friday and to merge with a front over the Atlantic on Friday night. However, it is still a major tropical storm.
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Tornadoes can also occur in different areas of the southeastern United States.
In late September, Category 4 Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida, crossing the state toward the Atlantic, leaving a trail of death and destruction from which the affected areas will take a long time to recover.
With information from Efe and local10.
