Tropical Storm Nicole Makes Landfall In The Bahamas; Nears Florida
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Tropical Storm Nicole made landfall Wednesday morning on Great Abaco Island in the northwestern Bahamas with estimated winds of 70 mph.
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 an evacuation order that included former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club. 11:55 AM EST Wednesday Update: Tropical Storm #Nicole makes landfall on Great Abaco Island in the northwestern Bahamas with maximum winds of 70 mph (110 km/h). Latest at https://t.co/tW4KeGe9uJ pic.twitter.com/ZLQUJ7z86E
Crews evacuated dozens of people from vulnerable locations in the northwestern Bahamas before the approaching storm, which had already sent seawater washing across roads on Hutchinson Island in Martin County, Florida.
“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 hurricane specialist at the Miami-based National Hurricane Center, said Wednesday.
