As many as 350,000 homes and businesses across Florida are without power after the storm struck the Atlantic Coast near Vero Beach, north of Miami.
FLORIDA, USA – Tropical Storm Nicole swept across Florida on Thursday, November 10, weakening but still carrying a powerful punch with a mix of heavy rains and fierce winds that downed power lines, flooded homes and left at least two people dead.
“We’re ready and resources are available for the post-storm needs,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said at a press conference. “This is still a large storm and it is impacting much of the state. Winds are the main concern with Nicole.” About 150 residents from two shoreside condominium complexes had been evacuated on Wednesday because the buildings were in danger of collapse from crumbling seawalls, Chitwood said.
Kevin Guthrie, Florida’s emergency management director, cautioned residents on Thursday to remain indoors, even if the eye of Nicole had passed.Wind gusts clocked at 100 mph at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, about 80 miles north of Vero Beach, buffeted a new $4 billion moon rocket that NASA left moored to its launchpad to ride out the storm. But NASA said early inspections showed the spacecraft sustained only minor damage such as loosened caulk and torn weather coverings.
Showers and blustery winds from the storm extended as far away as Atlanta, Georgia’s largest city in the state’s northern tier, by afternoon. State officials opened 15 emergency shelters across the region and activated 600 National Guard troops.
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