Hurricane Nicole strikes Florida; prompts closure of schools, airports and theme parks

A category one hurricane named Nicole is predicted to rip through Florida on Thursday night as it hits state’s Atlantic coast, according to BBC. hurricane has alrey resulted in closure of educational institutions and me parks, and grounding of flights. It comes just two weeks after Hurricane Ian hit Florida and left behind a trail of destruction.

Nicole would be first hurricane to make landfall in United States this late in season in last four deces. It is forecasted to hit south-eastern or east-central coast of Florida on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday, it was upgred from a tropical storm by National Hurricane Center (NHC) after it was about 105 miles east of West Palm Beach. 

storm has put 67 counties of state under a state of declaring emergency, with several of m alrey having issued orders to residents. According to state governor Ron DeSantis, hurricane Nicole would "affect huge parts of Florida" on Thursday. Multiple airports in state, including Orlando International, halted flight operations, and several ors, such as Miami International and Fort Lauderdale, experienced heavy delays and cancellation of flights.

me parks shut down as Hurricane Nicole approaches Florida

storm has also impacted me parks like Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort, which were shut down on Wednesday. Furrmore, NHC has also forecasted potential flash flooding across Florida’s peninsula. storm, which comes unusually late in season, is also said to move to sourn Georgia and Carolinas on Friday.

NHC’s senior hurricane expert Daniel Brown, said that “because system is so large, really almost entire east coast of Florida except extreme souastern part and Keys is going to receive tropical storm force winds.” “We are going to be concerned with rainfall as we get later into week across portions of souastern United States and sourn Appalachians, where re could be some flooding, flash flooding with that rainfall,” he ded.