Florida faces destruction once more as storm Nicole leaves 5 dead

• The storm’s large wind field meant the surge was unusually far-reaching and significant.

Of note: In Orange County, a man and a woman died by electrocution from a downed power line, per the local sheriff's office.

• In the same county, a man died in a vehicle crash, and a male pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle due to poor road conditions, AP reports.
• Another man died in Cocoa when waves battered his yacht against a dock, according to AP.

Details: In Daytona Beach Shores and New Smyrna Beach, dozens of hotels and buildings were deemed uninhabitable after their foundations were gutted in the storm.

• In eastern Florida, a roughly 15-mile coastline was severely eroded and multiple seawalls were destroyed. Much of the damage was blamed on seawalls not being repaired after Hurricane Ian, per AP.

• Less than 1,000 people remained without power in Florida Saturday morning, down from a high of more than 300,000, per utility tracking site poweroutage.us.

Threat level: Now a post-tropical cyclone, Nicole is expected to head toward the Northeast through Saturday, with heavy rain and isolated flooding extending north across New England, per the National Hurricane Center.