Hurricane

Nicole made landfall in weather-weary Florida as a category 1 hurricane early Thursday morning, toppling buildings along Florida's east coast. It has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. Elise Preston reported from Daytona Beach. Read More

Debris from homes damaged by Hurricane Nicole topples onto the beach in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Thursday. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Threats of heavy rain and tornadoes from former Hurricane Nicole continued Friday across Georgia and up the East Coast after the storm weakened to a still-dangerous tropical depression. Threat…

NASA’s new $4-billion moon rocket endured fierce winds and heavy rains early Thursday as it rode out Hurricane Nicole on its Florida launch pad, apparently with only minor damage, according to an early NASA inspection in the storm’s aftermath. Sustained winds of 135 km/h were measured by launch-site sensors hundreds…

Hurricane Nicole may have unearthed a Native American burial site dating back hundreds of years on a Florida beach, authorities said. Six skulls and other smaller bones turned up on Chastain Beach on South Hutchinson Island, said Martin County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy John Budensiek. Beachgoers found the remains, Budensiek said.…

Waves crash near a damaged building and a lifeguard tower in Daytona Beach Shores in Florida on Wednesday, ahead of Nicole's landfall as a Category 1 hurricane. Photo: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the east coast of the Florida peninsula,…

WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicole weakened to a tropical depression Thursday night as it crossed the Florida Panhandle on its way north into Georgia. The storm had sent Florida homes toppling into the Atlantic Ocean earlier Thursday and threatened a row of high-rise condominiums in places where Hurricane…

Topline Hurricane Nicole made landfall on Florida’s east coast early Thursday morning as a Category 1 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center—though it was quickly downgraded to a tropical storm an hour later—bringing sustained wind, rain and power outages to Florida as the state still continues to recover from…

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Country music star Luke Bryan defended his decision to invite Florida Governor Ron DeSantis onstage during a Friday show after the move resulted in backlash on social media. Bryan invited the Republican governor to appear during his show in Jacksonville, Florida, as part an effort to help raise funds in…

By bringing warm, salty, contaminated water into people’s neighborhoods, Hurricane Ian was quite literally a “perfect storm” for raising the vibrio threat, says Daines. When Florida residents who were sheltering in place began to venture out, some had to wade through floodwater, and any abrasions or cuts would have provided…