Tropical Storm Nicole gained strength on Tuesday as it churned toward the Bahamas on track for Florida's Atlantic coast, where a hurricane warning was posted for nearly 250 miles of shoreline with millions of residents warned to hunker down and prepare.
Nicole, packing maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour , will likely grow into a hurricane on Wednesday around the Bahamas before making U.S. landfall along Florida's east coast north of Miami on Wednesday night or early Thursday, forecasters said.
That stretch includes NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, where a colossal new $14 billion moon rocket was rolled out to its launch pad last week for a debut test flight that had been planned for next Monday. The NHC also issued storm-surge advisories for the northwest Bahamas and much of Florida's Atlantic coast, warning that Nicole's winds could drive treacherous waves of surf into low-lying areas well beyond the shoreline.Storm-surge flooding devastated wide swaths of Florida's Gulf Coast when Hurricane Ian crashed ashore there six weeks ago, causing an estimated $60 billion in damage and killing more than 140 people.
Some 18 million Floridians were estimated to reside within areas covered under NHC-issued watches and warnings on Tuesday. On its forecast track, the Nicole's center was expected to approach the northwest Bahamas on Tuesday night and move near or over the islands on Wednesday before it approaches Florida's coast later in the day.
"I just believe that, at this time and with the type of storm, it just calls for some winds and plenty rain," Rolle said in a telephone interview.
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