SC Coasts Forecast Flooding As Tropical Storm Nicole Nears Hurricane Strength

South Carolina’s coastal counties are under a tropical storm warning as of Nov. 9, as Nicole makes its way west toward Florida.

Nicole made landfall just before noon on Great Abaco Island, the largest among a group of islands in the northern Bahamas, according to the National Hurricane Center. The tropical storm had sustained winds of 70 mph — just shy of the 74-mph threshold for a Category 1 hurricane.

As of 1 p.m., Nicole was 175 miles east of West Palm Beach, Fla. The storm was forecast to veer into the Gulf of Mexico before bending back northeast into Georgia as a tropical depression.
SC Coasts Forecast Flooding As Tropical Storm Nicole Nears Hurricane Strength South Carolina’s coastal counties are under a tropical storm warning as of Nov. 9, as Nicole makes its way west toward Florida. Nicole made landfall just before noon on Great Abaco Island, the largest among a group of islands in the northern Bahamas, according to the National Hurricane Center. The tropical storm had sustained winds of 70 mph — just shy of the 74-mph threshold for a Category 1 hurricane. As of 1 p.m., Nicole was 175 miles east of West Palm Beach, Fla. The storm was forecast to veer into the Gulf of Mexico before bending back northeast into Georgia as a tropical depression.
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