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Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesIdalia made landfall near Keaton Beach, Fla., as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday, gradually weakening as it ripped through the state, into Georgia and across the Carolinas. -
David Goldman/APThe cooling in the Pacific Ocean has gone on for three years. Its end is usually good news for the U.S. and other parts of the world, including drought-stricken northeast Africa, scientists said.
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Hurricane Nicole made landfall Thursday at approximately 3 AM near Vero Beach and will continue to bring rain, wind, and an isolated tornado risk to the central and northern half of the state through Thursday. Nicole is forecast to move across the Peninsula in a generally northwest direction. -
Counties in Florida, including Brevard and Indian River, have started calling evacuation orders and opening shelters as Nicole approaches.
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NHC 1 pm Update: Nicole stays in tropical storm status. Tropical storm force winds (39 mph+)l keep spreading across the Peninsula through this evening. The wind & rain will keep increasing with landfall expected overnight in SE FL as a category 1 hurricane, winds up to 75 mph.
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Our area is expected to avoid any direct effects from tropical activity through the weekend, but Meteorologist Ray Hawthorne is following three areas in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea.
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Tropical Storm Elsa tore through Jacksonville, Fla., and southeast Georgia on Wednesday, leaving one person dead in its wake.
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Elsa briefly hit hurricane strength in the Gulf of Mexico, but moved ashore as a tropical storm. Despite heavy rains, it appears to have spared Florida major damage or widespread power outages.
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Florida Storms app provides warnings from the National Weather Service and advisories from the National Hurricane Center. You’ll also see evacuation routes, traffic information and locate open shelters in your area.
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Update 8:30 AM EDT Wednesday: Wind gusts to 57 mph have been reported at Cedar Key shortly after 7 o'clock this morning. Tropical Storm and Storm Surge Warnings have been discontinued south of Sarasota county, but continue farther north along the coast.
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Elsa is most likely to remain a tropical storm at landfall along Florida's Nature Coast early Wednesday morning, but there is a small chance it could reach hurricane status.
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The Tropical Storm Warning now covers the entire west coast of Florida, and extends northward to the Suwannee River, including Tampa Bay. The Tropical Storm Watch has been extended westward into the Florida Panhandle, to Indian Pass, and includes St. Marks and Apalachicola.
