November 10, 2022 Hurricane Nicole news

The storm is then "expected to dissipate as it merges with a frontal boundary over the Mid-Atlantic United States by Friday night," the center said.

Nicole's is currently 40 miles southeast of Tallahassee, Florida, moving northwest at 15 mph with 40 mph winds, the NHC said. The storm's center will move over northern Florida into Georgia late Thursday and early Friday. Western South Carolina will see some impacts from the storm late Friday, the center said.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Flagler and Volusia county line in Florida to Altamaha Sound in Georgia. A storm surge warning is in effect for the same area along with the mouth of St. Johns River to Georgetown, Florida, and between the Anclote River and Ochlockonee River.

Florida Power and Light has over 124,000 customers still in the dark. Brevard County has over 66,000 customers without power.

Video captured from a dorm room at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, showed streets flooded after Hurricane Nicole hit the area.

Cameron Kraft, a freshman at Flagler, told CNN the water was about waist-deep on Thursday morning.

“Flagler College experienced minor flooding in some building spaces and some leaks. We had no emergency response calls,” Beth Sweeny, Flagler spokesperson, told CNN.

Kraft said the dorm building connected to hers completely lost power and the first floor of her building had slight flooding in some rooms.

Water levels have since gone down as of Thursday afternoon, Kraft said.

“There is a lot less stress now that the storm has passed,” she said.

Depending on power and access, the dining hall should reopen for students on Friday, Sweeny said. Boxed meals were handed out to students on Thursday.

Classes will resume in person on Monday.

The storm briefly emerged over the open water north of Tampa earlier Thursday afternoon and is now straddling the coast of the Florida Big Bend region northwest of Cedar Key.

The storm is forecast to move into the eastern Florida panhandle Friday evening, then turn northward overnight into Georgia, where it will weaken to a depression.

Through Friday afternoon and night, the system is expected to become post-tropical after being absorbed by a large mid-latitude system currently bringing blizzard conditions to the northern Plains.

Heavy rain is expected across the Florida peninsula producing flash and urban flooding along with renewed river flooding on the St. John’s River.

Flooding is also possible in the southeast US and the central Appalachians, extending northward through eastern Ohio, west-central Pennsylvania and western New York Friday night into Saturday.

Tropical storm warnings remain in effect along the east coast of Florida from the Flagler/Volusia county line in Florida to Altamaha Sound, Georgia, and on the west coast of Florida from Aripeka to Indian Pass.

All other tropical storm warnings are discontinued.

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating two additional deaths in Orange County as storm-related, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said during an afternoon news conference.

Demings said two people died in a crash on the Florida turnpike in the county Thursday morning. The mayor did not give any additional details on the crash.

CNN has reached out to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The roadway is currently closed and is impassable, county officials said.

Some buildings have partially collapsed and some need to have an engineering inspection, he said.

The county continues to access buildings and piers on the beach to make sure they are structurally sound.

“If you go anywhere near the beach, you are putting your life in danger. At this time, the beach is the most dangerous place to be in the county,” Tammy Malphurs, director of Volusia County Beaches said during a news conference Thursday.

There is still up to a foot of breaking waves along the coast, Emergency Management Director Jim Judge said during the news conference.

Malphurs said they are flying double red flags on the beaches and that there are still massive amounts of debris, large waves and strong currents.

“The current state of the ocean is unforgiving. You might not make it out if you step foot into the water,” Malphurs added.

A curfew is in effect for areas east of the intercoastal waterway in Volusia County, officials said. The curfew has been extended until 7 a.m. ET on Friday for those areas.

The Daytona Beach International Airport did not sustain any damage and is expected to reopen the terminal Friday at 4 a.m., Captain said.

“The curfew does not apply to regular members of law enforcement and regular employees of local businesses, industries and governmental entities while trading to and from their jobs,” the update noted.
"Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood has ordered the closure of all bridges to the beachside with the exception of the North and South Causeways in New Smyrna Beach. Only essential personnel are allowed to cross the closed bridges until further notice," the update said. 

Two hundred residents were housed in county shelters, according to the update. Three shelters remain open.

Roughly 35,000 customers are without power in the county, officials said.