Just six weeks after Hurricane Ian struck Florida, Nicole made landfall south of Vero Beach at around 3 am on Nov. 10 as a minimal Category 1 hurricane. Nevertheless, the storm's 75-mile-per-hour winds and flooding delivered a second strong punch to Florida's still-recovering east coast, undermining homes and multi-story buildings and collapsing other structures and a section of A1A.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's tidal gauge at Port Canaveral reported a six-foot storm surge about the time Nicole made landfall.