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   November 10, 2022 - Hurricane Nicole Approaching Florida   
      
      Nicole   
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      After making two landfalls in the Bahamas, Tropical Storm Nicole wound   
      up to take a big punch at Florida’s east coast as a Category 1   
      hurricane. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on   
      board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      strengthening Tropical Storm Nicole on the afternoon of November 9,   
      2022, shortly before its center moved over Grand Bahama Island.   
      
      According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), at 6:00 p.m. EST on   
      November 9, Nicole made landfall on Grand Bahama Island at the same   
      time it became a hurricane, with winds increasing to 75 mph (120 km/h).   
      Earlier in the day, at 11:55 a.m. EST it had first made landfall on   
      Great Abaco Island in the northwest Bahamas with an estimated intensity   
      of 70 mph (110 km/h). Early information from the Bahamas confirms power   
      outages, flooding, and downed trees but initial reports do not suggest   
      devastating damage.   
      
      As of 11:00 p.m. EST, the NHC advised that Hurricane Nicole was located   
      about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Settlement Point, Grand Bahama   
      Island and about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of West Palm Beach,   
      Florida. It is maintaining maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h)   
      as it moves west-northwest at 13 mph (20 km/h). The advisory states   
      that the hurricane has little time to strengthen before making landfall   
      in Florida, and weakening will occur while Nicole moves over that   
      state. The center may briefly emerge off the west coast of Florida and   
      the extreme northeastern Gulf of Mexico briefly before Nicole travels   
      across the southeastern United States to merge with another   
      extratropical low and dissipate.   
      
      Nicole is an extremely large and asymmetric storm, with an eye   
      measuring about 50 miles wide. While the center of the storm is   
      expected to cross onto land between Vero Beach and Port St. Lucie, as   
      of 11:30 p.m. EST the strongest winds appear to be in the northern   
      eyewall, which may batter areas as far north as Melbourne, where gusts   
      of 58 mph were measured shortly before midnight. Landfall is expected   
      early on November 10, likely between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. EST.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 11/9/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (644.6 KB),  500m (5.7 MB),  250m (4.5 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-11-10   
       
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