Nicole made landfall along the east coast of Florida as a Category 1 hurricane early Thursday just south of Vero Beach. The system has now been downgraded to a tropical storm.
The combination of a dangerous storm surge and high tides will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline.
It is expected to pass near or over the northwestern Bahamas on its way to Florida, where it is set to make landfall perhaps shortly after midnight near Port St.
Natural gas futures fell for a second consecutive session Wednesday as a powerful storm approached the Southeast, threatening power outages, while traders
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