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MIAMI — Shortly after Hurricane Nicole made landfall early Thursday along the east coast of Florida, it downgraded to a tropical storm but it was still battering a large area of the storm-weary state with strong winds, dangerous storm surge and heavy rain, officials said. The rare November hurricane had already led officials to shut down airports and theme parks and order evacuations that included former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Authorities warned that Nicole’s…

MIAMI — Shortly after Hurricane Nicole made landfall early Thursday along the east coast of Florida, it downgraded to a tropical storm but it was still battering a large area of the storm-weary state with strong winds, dangerous storm surge and heavy rain, officials said. The rare November hurricane had already led officials to shut down airports and theme parks and order evacuations that included former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Authorities warned that Nicole’s…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Duke Energy is busy preparing for Hurricane Nicole. The power company said it is keeping its Carolina crew in place since we are in the path of the storm. Duke Energy said after that, it will assess whether it needs to send any crews to Florida. The plan should become more clear Thursday. Duke Energy is holding an event in Raleigh on Thursday to talk about the storm response for both…

The latest track for Tropical Storm Nicole sends the storm right across North Carolina this week. Nicole’s track shifted west on Wednesday, and the state will be under a Level 2 risk for severe weather Friday, when heavy rain is expected in our area. Breezy conditions and rain will be likely in the Triangle beginning Thursday night, with the bulk of the rain falling all day Friday. Saturday will be mostly dry. The latest models…

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Nicole forced people from their homes in the Bahamas and threatened to grow into a rare November hurricane in Florida on Wednesday, shutting down airports and Disney World as well as prompting evacuation orders that included former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Hundreds of people sought shelter in the northwestern Bahamas before the approaching storm, which had already sent seawater washing across roads on Hutchinson Island in Martin County, Florida. The…

MIAMI — Crews evacuated dozens of people from vulnerable locations in the northwestern Bahamas as Tropical Storm Nicole approached Wednesday and residents of Florida braced for the storm, which could strengthen to a rare November hurricane. “We are forecasting it to become a hurricane as it nears the northwestern Bahamas, and remain a hurricane as it approaches the east coast of Florida,” Daniel Brown, a senior huricane specialist at the Miami-based National Hurricane Center, said…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall on the east coast of Florida tonight or early Thursday. It is then expected to turn north, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to the Carolinas late Thursday into Friday. There will also be a potential for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in some areas, depending on the track. The system is currently gaining steam over the Atlantic Ocean…

The latest track for Tropical Storm Nicole sends the storm right across North Carolina later this week. Nicole’s track shifted west on Wednesday, and much of N.C. will be under a Level 2 risk for severe weather Friday, when heavy rain is expected in our area. Nicole was strengthening and approaching Florida’s coastline on Wednesday, and WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said the storm could be hurricane strength before it makes landfall there late Wednesday night….

LOS ANGELES — A powerful storm pounded California with rain and snow Tuesday, leaving one person dead and two others missing after they were swept away by floodwaters in a canal, while a tornado touched down in Sacramento County. The National Weather Service said the tornado touched down at 1:40 p.m. a few miles outside the town of Galt. NBC affiliate KCRA in Sacramento reported that a tin roof on a barn was blown off…

The latest track for Tropical Storm Nicole sends the storm right across North Carolina later this week. Nicole strengthened to a tropical storm Tuesday and will bring heavy rain to N.C. by Friday. At 10 a.m. on Tuesday the storm was 350 miles northeast of the Bahamas. WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said Nicole could be hurricane strength before it makes landfall along the coast of Florida late Wednesday night or Thursday morning. The storm will…

MIAMI — Nicole strengthened to a tropical storm Tuesday as it churned toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida’s Atlantic coastline, forecasters said. A range of warnings and watches remain in place. Many areas are still reeling from damage caused by Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida’s southwestern Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm in late September, before dumping heavy amounts of rain across much of central part of the state. Forecasters said heavy rain could…

The latest track for Tropical Storm Nicole sends the storm right across North Carolina later this week. Nicole strengthened to a tropical storm Tuesday and will bring heavy rain to N.C. by Friday. The storm on Tuesday was 350 miles northeast of the Bahamas. WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said Nicole could be hurricane strength before it makes landfall along the coast of Florida late Wednesday night or Thursday morning. The storm will move north, and…

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 1:33PM RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Subtropical Storm Nicole is beginning to strengthen and is expected to make a transition to a tropical storm later today. It’s forecast to be near or at hurricane strength by Wednesday and Wednesday night. Winds of 40 mph extend outward up to 380 miles from the center. The storm is expected to hit Florida before heading north up to North Carolina. It is expected to bring…

The latest track for Subtropical Storm Nicole sends the storm right across North Carolina later this week. Nicole formed Monday and will bring heavy rain to N.C. by Friday. The storm on Tuesday was 400 northeast of the Bahamas. WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said Nicole could be hurricane strength before it makes landfall along the coast of Florida late Wednesday night or Thursday morning. The storm will move north, and Gardner said N.C. is “solidly…

Subtropical Storm Nicole formed Monday and could bring heavy rain to North Carolina by the weekend. At 5 a.m. on Monday, the storm was 550 miles east of the Bahamas. WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said Nicole could be very close to hurricane strength when it makes landfall, possibly near Miami, midweek, although it’s too early to pin down exactly where in Florida the storm will land. Landfall is expected along Florida’s southeastern coast Wednesday night…