Nicole Now a Category 1 Hurricane, Set for Landfall Along Florida's East Coast
Nicole strengthened into a category 1 hurricane Wednesday before it was set to make landfall along Florida's east coast, forecasters said.
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Nicole strengthened into a category 1 hurricane Wednesday before it was set to make landfall along Florida's east coast, forecasters said.
It’s a rare November hurricane for storm-weary Florida, where only two hurricanes have made landfall since recordkeeping began in 1853.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the center of the sprawling storm would make landfall on Great Abaco island around midday on Wednesday with estimated maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
A Florida-bound storm has strengthened into Hurricane Nicole after pounding the Bahamas and state officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club
Nicole is the first storm to hit the Bahamas since Hurricane Dorian, a devastating Category 5 storm that struck the archipelago in 2019.