STORY: Aerial photos show the devastation left in Florida by Hurricane Nicole. According to the authorities, the residents of dozens of buildings had to evacuate their homes because the risk of collapse was determined. Nicole swept over Daytona Beach on the Atlantic coast of the US state of Florida on Thursday. In Orlando, among other places, several people died as a result of the tropical storm. The storm had wind speeds of around 120 km/h and was responsible for hundreds of thousands of homes being left without power. Meteorologists were amazed. Because the violent tropical storm was unusually late in the hurricane season.