Potential Hurricane Nicole updates: Hurricane warnings issued for coastal Volusia, all of Brevard County by NHC and NWS; Osceola, Brevard schools to close.
What is now Tropical Storm Nicole is projected to grow into Hurricane Nicole before making landfall on Florida’s east coast early Thursday morning with hurricane warnings now in place from the Volusia-Flagler county line south to Boca Raton, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Deadly Hurricane Ian was downgraded to Tropical Storm Ian on Thursday morning and moved off Florida’s East Coast by 11 a.m., but was still dumping record amounts of rain to bring “catastrophic flooding” to the region.