Homes Crash Into Ocean, At Least Two Dead After Nicole Batters Florida

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Nicole got here ashore as a hurricane Thursday in Florida, washing properties into the ocean and leaving at the very least two individuals lifeless.

Waves ate away at susceptible seashores already broken by Hurricane Ian, inflicting some properties to break down and others to be perilously near doing so.

T​wo individuals died after they touched energy strains within the Orlando space, and one particular person was rescued from a sailboat.

(​MORE: The Latest Forecast For Nicole)

H​ere’s a have a look at what occurred as Nicole moved throughout the state Thursday.

(9​:19 p.m. ET) More Than 100,000 Still Without Power

M​ore than 100,000 properties, companies and different utility prospects are with out energy throughout the state, in response to PowerOutage.us. The highest quantity is about 38,000 in Brevard County, adopted by about 10,000 in Volusia.

A​nyone utilizing a transportable generator for energy ought to keep in mind to never place it inside or inside 20 toes of any constructing or enclosed construction, home windows, doorways or vents.

(​9:03 p.m. ET) High Winds Stretched Across The State

I​t wasn’t simply the Atlantic aspect of Florida that noticed excessive winds. Dozens of areas within the Tampa Bay area on the Gulf Coast noticed gusts between 40 mph and 60 mph, in response to reports compiled by the National Weather Service. Some of the extra notable: 65 mph at Clearwater Beach, 58 mph at Old Port Tampa, 54 mph at St. Petersburg’s Albert Whitted Airport, 48 mph in Tarpon Springs and 45 mph on Longboat Key.

(​8:30 p.m. ET) Portions Of A1A Washed Out

Crews are working to restore sections of Florida State Road A1A broken by waves that washed over the street.

T​he iconic street runs alongside north-south the whole size of Florida’s Atlantic Coast, passing by small seaside cities lined with residential streets and surf retailers, to city areas flanked by highrises and vacationer districts.

Crews can be working across the clock on at the very least one washout, in Vilano Beach in St. John’s County, in response to the Florida Department of Transportation.

(​8:18 p.m. ET) Storm Might Have Contributed To Fatal Crash In Orlando Area

A​ deadly automobile crash in Orange County is under investigation as probably weather-related, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The crash was on Florida’s Turnpike because the storm was transferring by. At least one ramp onto the freeway was closed as a result of flooding Thursday morning.

(​5:19 p.m. ET) NASA: Artemis Rocket Has ‘Very Minor’ Damage

Teams at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center are inspecting NASA’s Artemis moon rocket for harm after wind gusts in extra of 70 mph within the space as Nicole moved by.

“Camera inspections present very minor damage comparable to free caulk and tears in climate coverings,” Jim Free, affiliate administrator for exploration programs growth at NASA, tweeted. “The team will conduct additional onsite walkdown inspections of the vehicle soon.”

T​he Space Exploration System rocket and its Orion spacecraft have been rolled to the launchpad final week in anticipation of a launch initially scheduled for Monday. That has now been pushed to at the very least Wednesday.

(5​:09 p.m. ET) Multiple Vehicle Crashes In Jacksonville

Several automobile crashes that occurred at the moment in Jacksonville are seemingly associated to the climate, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Chief Ellis Burns stated in a day news briefing. Burns stated officers had responded to at the very least 20 crashes, a lot of which concerned individuals trapped in automobiles.

(5​:06 p.m. ET) Orlando International Airport To Partially Reopen

Domestic arrivals will resume at 8 p.m. tonight at Orlando International Airport. Domestic departures and worldwide service will reopen tomorrow. The airport, one of many busiest on the earth, closed yesterday afternoon forward of Nicole.

(4​:26 p.m. ET) Crews Battle Flood Threat In Jacksonville

C​ity public works workers are working to maintain drainage programs clear forward of tonight’s excessive tide, which is forecast to occur at about 9:15 tonight. A submit to social media confirmed photos of standing water and downed timber.

(​3:48 p.m. ET) State Of Emergency Extended To All Of Florida

F​lorida’s 67 counties are actually all underneath a state of emergency. An emergency declaration issued Monday by Gov. Ron DeSantis initially included 34 counties. It was prolonged to 45 counties yesterday and the remainder of the state was added this morning.

(​3:35 p.m. ET) Trees, Power Lines Down In Orlando

C​rews are cleaning up downed timber and energy strains within the Orlando space, the place harm assessments are ongoing.

C​ity Hall, colleges and Orlando International Airport stay closed.

(​3:25 p.m. ET) Wind Gusts Up To 80 MPH

A​ new record of excessive wind reports contains gusts as much as 80 mph in Melbourne, 78 mph in Cocoa Beach and 75 mph in Cape Canaveral. All these areas are in Brevard County. In Volusia County, Daytona Beach recorded a gust of 70 mph.

J​acksonville, additional to the north, clocked winds over 60 mph, as did Orlando in the course of the state and St. Petersburg on the Gulf Coast.

(​2:57 p.m. ET) Hundreds Of Thousands Still Without Power

M​ore than 280,000 energy outages are being reported in Florida, in response to poweroutage.us. The highest quantity – about 79,000 – is in Brevard County, which sits on the Atlantic Ocean east of Orlando in an space also called the Space Coast.

(​2:32 p.m. ET) ‘Life Threatening’ Beach Conditions On Florida’s East Coast

B​eaches up and down the East Coast are nonetheless being inundated with excessive surf, and plenty of are plagued by particles. This is very true in Volusia County, the place erosion is consuming away at oceanfront properties.

“If you go anywhere near the beach, you’re putting your life in danger,” Tammy Malphurs, deputy chief of beach safety and ocean rescue for Volusia County, said in a 2 p.m. news conference.

(2​:25 p.m. ET) Dozens Of Buildings Now Considered In Danger

A​t least 19 hotel or condominium buildings and 40 single family homes have been compromised by erosion along Volusia County beaches, officials there said during the news conference.

Damage assessments are ongoing, and issues may not be visible to the untrained eye.

“The structural damage along our coastline is unprecedented,” County Manager George Recktenwald stated.

“This is going to be a long road to recovery.”

W​hile most residents within the affected buildings have left, county spokesperson Kevin Captain stated there may nonetheless be just a few “outliers” who chose to stay, and more damage could come with the next high tide and tonight’s full moon.

(​1:59 p.m. ET) Man Who Lived Aboard Sailboat Rescued

Brevard County sheriff’s deputies rescued a man whose sailboat broke loose from its anchor chains as Nicole churned the Indian River Lagoon off Cocoa Village.

Robert Shufelt has lived aboard the boat for more than a decade, according to Florida Today. He called for help when the chains for all three of the boat’s anchors broke.

Deputies John Coppola and Mike Ryle reached Shufelt in a motorized rubber boat despite the rough waves.

Shufelt did not want to go to a hospital.

“I don’t know where I’m going now, that’s all I can say,” Shufelt told the newspaper. “I had three anchors down and they broke loose. That’s how powerful she was.”

“This ain’t my first hurricane, but this one took me down.”

(​1:08 p.m. ET) Dam Breach Threatens Homes in Port Orange

Port Orange Mayor Don Burnette told the station the seawall and bank on the north end of the Cambridge Canal drainage system have been compromised.

The higher-than-normal tides were pushing water into the area. 

Several hundred homes in the area also flooded during Hurricane Ian.

(​12:26 p.m. ET) More Daytona Condos Evacuated

T​he Volusia County Sheriff’s Office has warned residents of the Tower Grande Condominums in Daytona Beach to evacuate. The Sheriff’s Office said it’s because of unsafe conditions after the seawall there collapsed.

Residents of neighboring buildings, the Castaways Beach Resort and the Opus Condominiums, also were told to leave, according to Fox 35.

T​he Sheriff’s Office also said all bridges to the beaches, except those to New Smyrna Beach, have been closed because of safety hazards on the beaches.

(​12 p.m. ET) Two Deaths Confirmed In Florida

A​uthorities in Orange County, Florida, announced that two people died after coming in contact with a downed power line early Thursday. They said the incident occurred at Bayfront Parkway and Pershing Avenue.

Deputies and firefighters arrived at the intersection about 9:30 a.m. and found a man dead, according to the Orlando Sentinel. He had made contact with the power line after he got out of his car, an OCSO spokesperson told the newspaper.

A woman traveling with him was also electrocuted, and later died at a hospital, the Sentinel reported.

(​10:42 a.m. ET) Properties ‘Are Collapsing Into The Ocean’

Krista Goodrich is property manager for beachfront vacation homes in Wilbur-By-The-Sea, where several of the homes are being damaged as the beach below them washes away.

“Two of our three properties are collapsing into the ocean,” Goodrich told the Daytona Beach News-Journal. “FEMA’s here; the National Guard is here; Sheriff Chitwood is here,” she said. “They’re knocking on doors, going door-to-door in Wilbur making everyone leave because the ocean is basically creating sinkholes beneath these houses.

According to Goodrich, Volusia County Sheriff Sheriff Michael J. Chitwood said seven houses had fallen into the sea.

“And they anticipate more,” she said. “It’s going to change our landscape forever.”

G​oodrich told Live Storms Media that damage to sea walls and erosion caused by Hurricane Ian left the homes, some of which were built in the 1960s, vulnerable to the storm surge from Nicole.

(​9:58 a.m. ET) Impacts Felt Along South Carolina Coast

T​he onshore wind is inflicting flooding in Charleston, South Carolina. Several streets have been closed, in response to the Police Department.

T​o the north, water has washed across streets on Pawleys Island as properly.

(​9:54 a.m. ET) A1A Damaged On Flagler Beach

Flagler County Emergency Management has shared photos harm attributable to erosion on Flagler Beach. The submit says there may be important harm to Highway A1A.

(​9:41 a.m. ET) St. Johns River Flooding Again

T​he city of Welaka, Florida, in Putnam County is experiencing flooding from the St. Johns River. Photos posted in town’s Facebook web page present water virtually knee-deep within the Sportsman Harbor neighborhood.

(​9:32 a.m. ET) Disney Announces Parks To Reopen Today

T​he Magic Kingdom will reopen at midday at the moment. Epcot and Animal Kingdom will reopen at 1 p.m., and Hollywood Studios will open at 2 p.m., in response to a news release from the parks. Transportation to theme parks will start half-hour earlier than the scheduled park reopening time.

(​9:16 a.m. ET) Nearly 320,000 Lose Power

N​icole has knocked out energy to virtually 320,00 properties and companies in Florida, in response to poweroutage.us.

(​9:09 a.m. ET) Chunk Of Pier Gone

A​ giant part of the 900-foot-long Anglin’s Fishing Pier in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea has been washed away by Nicole.

“Anglin’s Fishing Pier is such an iconic landmark in our town, and seeing it damaged is heartbreaking. While the pier is privately owned, I know our Town will do what we can to support the property owner in the coming days and months,” Mayor Chris Vincent stated in a tweet.

(​8:46 a.m. ET) St. Augustine Floods

A​s it did throughout Hurricane Ian, the bayfront in St. Augustine has once more flooded. The Bridge of Lions has closed to all site visitors apart from emergency automobiles, in response to the St. Johns County EOC.

(​8:36 a.m. ET) Erosion Damages 5 To 6 Homes

A​ half dozen or so homes seem like near falling into the ocean at Wilbur-By-The-Sea in Florida’s Volusia County, in response to WESH. Video from reporter Claire Metz showed several homes hanging over what was left of the dune. Another confirmed one dwelling was lacking its whole bottom.

A​nother video from WFTV confirmed properties that had collapsed.

(​7:54 a.m. ET) Did Daytona Beach Shores Buildings Survive?

We’re nonetheless awaiting an replace on the destiny of a number of rental and resort buildings in Daytona Beach Shores that have been left susceptible by erosion from Hurricane Ian. On Wednesday, officers went door to door warning residents to evacuate the buildings.

“There is a real risk that we are going to have a major structure go down in this area,” Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety Director Mike Fowler told The Weather Channel. “I’ve been here 30 years. There’s never been anything like this … we’ve got a real problem.”

(WATCH: Jim Cantore is outdoors a rental that appears prefer it could collapse at any moment)

T​he space was underneath a compulsory evacuation order, however some individuals had chosen to stay behind.

Fowler stated about 200 left after the knock on their door. Others have been nonetheless there.

(​7:28 a.m. ET) More than 230,000 Lose Power

N​icole has knocked out energy to greater than 234,000 properties and companies in Florida, in response to poweroutage.us. The largest a part of these are in Volusia, Brevard and Indian River counties on Florida’s east coast.

(​7:18 a.m. ET) Skyway Closes Because Of Winds

T​he Sunshine Skyway bridge over Tampa Bay has closed as a result of winds have reached 50 mph, in response to the Florida Highway Patrol.

(4​:00 a.m. ET) Nicole Now A Tropical Storm Again

N​icole has weakened again to a robust tropical storm only one hour after its landfall. More weakening of the storm is predicted as Nicole strikes farther inland, however impacts from storm surge, sturdy winds and heavy rainfall will proceed from Florida up the East Coast to finish the workweek.

(​3:50 a.m. ET) Wind Gust Over 70 MPH

W​ind gusts of 70 mph or larger have been clocked on Florida’s Atlantic coast this morning. That contains 73 mph at Playalinda Beach, 71 mph at Cape Canaveral and 70 mph at Melbourne.

(​3:00 a.m. ET) Nicole Makes Landfall

N​icole made landfall at 3 a.m. ET on Thursday morning simply south of Vero Beach, Florida. Maximum sustained winds have been 75 mph, making Nicole a Category 1 hurricane.

You’ll discover experiences on Nicole’s impacts from Wednesday here.

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