FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency in 34 Florida counties — including Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach — on Monday due to the potential of an approaching Hurricane Nicole.
Nicole, a subtropical storm as of Monday, is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by midweek as it approaches the Bahamas then moves toward South Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.
A swath of Florida’s east coast — from Hallandale Beach north to the Volusia/Brevard county line — was under a hurricane watch by Monday morning.
