Hurricane Nicole news: Storm brings rain to Northeast, drenches Georgia and Carolinas after battering Florida

Nicole, the first hurricane to hit the United States in November in over 40 years, walloped beachfront residences in Florida's Daytona region early Thursday and killed five people after making landfall on the state's eastern coast as a Category 1 storm.

The leftovers of the storm are now anticipated to track through the Northeast and eastern Canada through Saturday, with heavy rain and strong winds extending from the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley to New England overnight, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Nicole is forecasted to bring another 1 to 3 inches of rain on areas of the East Coast through Saturday AM before moving off-shore and away from the Atlantic coast.


Isolated flash, urban, and small stream flooding were forecast throughout the central Appalachians and northern Mid-Atlantic, notably in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Through early Saturday, heavy rain and localized floods are also anticipated over New England.

While many people in the Carolinas and Georgia were under wind advisory early Friday, the National Weather Service says regions of New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts will be under one until Saturday morning. Wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour were possible.

FAQs

What is a post-tropical cyclone?
A post-tropical cyclone is a former tropical storm that no longer exhibits enough characteristics to be classified as such.

What is the current status of cyclone Nicole?
The system will weaken more as it travels northward Saturday, and the dampness will be soaked-up by a separate cold front that brought blizzard conditions to the northern Plains.