Homes evacuated as Tropical Storm Nicole batters Florida

Flooding hit properties in Hollywood Beach, Florida (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Tropical Storm Nicole hit Florida as a hurricane, washing away the remaining protections for a stretch of beachfront properties that lost their seawall during Hurricane Ian only weeks before.

In Daytona Beach Shores, surging ocean water threatened the foundations of at least a dozen high-rise flats and houses.