The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded Nicole - packing 75mph (120km/h) winds - on Wednesday evening from a tropical storm. The storm arrives just weeks after Hurricane Ian carved a swathe ...

Nicole was expected to become a hurricane by Wednesday or early Thursday near the Bahamas and then make landfall in Florida, where the Kennedy Space Center is located, according to the Miami-based ...

The storm has already lashed the Bahamas as a huge category one hurricane, and caused widespread flooding. Nicole hit Florida's eastern coast as a hurricane at 03:00 EST (08:00 GMT) with winds of ...

"All the ingredients are in place for an active season," said National Weather Service director Ken Graham at a news ...

Matthew Rosencrans, the lead hurricane season outlook forecaster with NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, said the mix of conditions is relatively rare, making this year's season difficult to predict.