At Least 5 Dead After Tropical Storm Nicole Makes Landfall on Florida's East Coast

Mar. 15, 2025

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Tropical Storm Nicolehas taken the lives of at least five people.

Aftermaking landfall in the Bahamas, Nicolearrived on Florida’s Atlantic coastearly Thursday morning as arare November hurricane, according to NBC News. After initially being a Category 1 hurricane, it was downgraded to a tropical storm.

In a press conference on Thursday, Orange County mayor Jerry Demings said four people have died so far from the natural disaster.

Two others died aftera car crash on the Florida turnpikein Orange County, Florida, he added.

Police said they received a call at 4:33 a.m. local time “from a woman reporting her husband was in distress.”

While firefighters were able to board the boat and perform CPR on Whittle, “the yacht broke loose from the dock and began to drift.”

In Volusia County, officials declared49 beachfront buildings are “unsafe.”

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“The structural damage along our coastline is unprecedented,” Volusia County Manager George Recktenwald said via the county’s website.

He continued, “We have never experienced anything like this before, so we ask for your patience as we make our assessments. As always, the safety of our residents and visitors is our top priority. This is going to be a long road to recovery.”

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source: people.com