let's get right back to rob in jensen beach. >> reporter: hey, david in the last 15 minutes, the water surge is coming in and we expect landfall 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. the center is 100 miles offshore, on final approach. going to make landfall in the overnight hours. power outages tonight. and then heading into the big bend, in through georgia and the carolinas, as well. a lot of storm surge in through charleston and eventually riding up into the northeast. so, everyone on the east coast getting a piece of hurricane nicole. but thoughts and prayers tonight, david, for the good people of florida. >> no question about that. rob, thank you. we'll track it all night long. the latest on "gma." and by the away, we thank you at home for staying up with us late last night for the election. i'm david muir here in new york. thank you for watching. have a good evening. good night. >> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> democracy but the american people have spoken. kristen: the votes are in but still being counted. some races, stella phot

and b c as j. grey has moved from jensen beach in florida. the conditions, well they've changed dramatically since the storm made landfall in the early morning hours, about 20 miles north of where we are right now. we've seen some sunshine, some patches of blue sky want to show you the way they continue to be bigger than they normally are, pressing out some above 12 feet, but rolling in we're moving back towards low tide. so that's some good news because these ways the storm surge. when's over a 24 hour period or so? rain really did a number on some of the ones that protect the communities along the coast, ripping away several areas. erosion is a major problem right now, and it's allowed water to flood into homes and businesses. it is torn up roadways as well. and so that's something that's being dealt with. these conditions though, have also allowed cruise to get out and start to work on some of the down power lines here at the peak of power loss. we had more than 300000 without electricity. now that number is trending back down and look at

wind whipped waters lashed florida's east coast in advance of nicole, stirring up waves in jensen beach. rain has flooded in some beaches in florida lauderdale. >> usually the drop off from the waves is at least five to ten feet further closer to the shore. >> reporter: there's concerns structures compromised from hurricane ian won't be able to withstand nicole. this beach safety office in daytona beach shores has already taken on water. just tuesday it was leveled with the ground. >> the combined winds will continue beach erosion in places that have seen the erosion from hurricane ian. >> we're going to stay home, we're going to stay hunkered down, and hope the power doesn't go out. >> reporter: officials are warning residents to stay inside and pick up anything that could become a projectile. >> this includes lawn chairs, plants, grills, outdoor decorations. >> reporter: schools in several counties are closed along with some airports and theme parks at disney world until nicole moves out. >> and just moving onshore right now. as a category 1 hurricane, those categories are only captur

. >> reporter: teddy miller planned to ride out the storm at home in jensen beach. >> unfortunately being that we just went through this four weeks ago, three, four weeks ago, we're kind of somewhat prepared. >> reporter: nicole is expected to knock out powers to hundreds of thous o governor dws arepore s fast as possiblelinedibegin pore>>orte evaation orde in in fect all alo . nicole will go down as just the third hurricane to make landfall in florida in november since recordkeeping started in 1853. this morning the power is still on here in vero beach. but we have started to see some of the reported outages increase hour by hour. and ate nicole makes its way over more populated areas in central florida. >> all right. jason allen in vero beach, florida. thank you so much. >>> on to politics now and control of congress hangs in the balance with votes still being counted in several key races across the country. here's where we stand right now -- cbs news projects the u.s. senate is still a tossup with 48 states -- rather, 48 seats for democrats and 49 for republicans. we are awaiting resul

reporter: ready to potentially wreak havoc on a state still in recovery mode sam brock, nbc news, jensen beach, florida >>> in 60 seconds, the major retreat ordered by russia in ukraine. >>> a troubling new turn for basketball superstar brittney griner in russia >>> and what mark zuckerberg just said about cuts at facebook's parent company. >>> we're back now with a potential major blow to vladimir putin's war effort in ukraine. after weeks of ukrainian advances, the russian military announced it is retreating from kherson, the first major city that fell after the invasion began in february. kyiv is skeptical, however, fearing the announcement could be a ruse to lead ukrainian troops into a trap >>> and in russia, wnba star brittney griner has been moved to a penal colony in an undisclosed location, according to her attorneys griner was sentenced in russia in august to nine years in prison on drug possession charges. despite the stalled efforts to free griner, president biden said today he is determined to bring her home >>> and back home, another big tech company announcing layoffs, facebook'

j grade j grade reporting from jensen, beach florida. thank you so much. let's go back to our lead story and the situation in her son, ukraine. will be hearing of you from moscow shortly, but 1st, asset big has more from zillow dulce in southern ukraine. we've been in curse on this morning and today and the artillery better the fil taking place. you can still hear the shelling taking place between the 2 military, the ukrainians, and the russians in the midst of going overhead. but when you actually go through course, saw you realize that the towns and villages that the russians have withdrawn from the what happens is that when the ukrainians take a villager a time, her son is mainly rural flatland so they end up taking loads of territory. but when the ukrainians take a town or village the you could, the russians could still shell them and that's exactly what's been going on. we've just come from a town that's been completely destroyed. we went through it and there wasn't a single building that hadn't been damaged, that didn't have structural damage or bull

. >> reporter: in jensen beach, teddy miller says he is riding out the storm. did you go to the store? did you fill up on gas? >> yeah, we got water. we filled up the cars. >> reporter: and he is hoping these shutters will protect his home. in a rare move, major theme parks in florida like walt disney world are closed. and while nicole is to blame for delaying an artemis moon launch, nasa is still keeping the rocket on the launch pad, siting it can sustain winds up to 85 miles per hour. norah? >> elise preston, thank you very much. >>> well, for more on the forecast of hurricane nicole and where it's headed next, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. hey there, mike. >> norah, good evening. nicole now a hurricane, will make a rare november landfall on the east coast of florida, packing intense winds, a lot of rain, and a lot of storm surge. it has been tearing away at the beaches along the east coast. hurricane warnings remain in effect extending all the way up into south carolina. expecting a landfall shortly after

. >> reporter: in jensen beach, teddy miller says he's riding out the storm.ou go to the store? did you fill up on gas? >> yeah, we got water. we filled up the cars.up the >> reporter: and he's hoping these shutters will protect his home. in a rare move, major theme parks in florida, like walt disney world are closed. and while nicole is to blame for delaying an artemis moon launch, nasa is still keeping the rocket on the launchpad, citing it can sustain winds up to 85 miles per hour. norah. >> o'donnell: elise preston, thank you very much. well, for more on the forecast of hurricane nicole and where it's headed next, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. hey there, mike. >> reporter: norah, good evening. nicole, now a hurricane, will make a rare november landfall on the east coast of florida, packing intense winds, a lot of rain, and a lot of storm surge that has been tearing away at the beaches along the east coast. hurricane warnings remain in effect, as well as tropical storm warnings that extend all the way up

j. grey joins has more from jensen beach in florida. the store making landfall about 40 miles to our north near bureau beach. but i want to give you a look at what we're watching closely right now. and that's the growing massive waves were moving toward high tide here and with high tide, the dunes and protection over the last 24 hours have been battered significantly. and so this water is going to push through it already has in many areas flooding. that's an issue, it's pouring over a roadway. some of the roadways have been completely torn away. and then we've got water in business as well as homes along the eastern shore of florida. look, is the condition. these will get a better idea of just how expensive the structural damage is. but we know right now there was the 240000 people in florida alone without power and you talk specifically about in 5 weeks ago. that store fits. crossing on the western side of the peninsula and it ravaged that area, but this storm, so massive stretching out 400 miles or more that they're being affected as

we have more from jensen beach, florida. reporter: as a rare november storm sets its side on the sunshine state, millions are bracing for nicole's impact. >> we are at the end of the storm season. nobody expected this. reporter: high winds and strong serve have arrived up and down the state's atlantic coast. the waves are carving away at the delicate shoreline. this beach in flagler county, north of daytona, is more than 100 miles from the expected landfall. emergency managers have ordered evacuations. some schools have closed. flights at orlando's airport, grounded. >> people and infected areas should continue to pay close attention, as the story progresses. we know these things can be dynamic. reporter: many are sandbagging ahead of the arrival. because one of the biggest concerns is letting. expected in low-lying areas that are already saturated. and at the coast, the storm surge could climb to five feet. >> we have a couple of business and is -- of businesses. it always floods there. >> just to be safe so water doesn't g

abc news reporter with the latest from jensen beach florida. >> after turning off the coast for nearly an entire day, hurricane nicole inched its way on shore overnight. sparing no one in the stormy sunshine state. more than a quarter million homes lost power and near orlando, two people lost their lives, electrocuted by downlines. in some communities, homeowners awoke to epic property damage, entire houses gone. >> just kind of shocked. still have not really processed it. >> ordinarily this area near daytona beach might not see this type of impact, since it is more than 100 miles north of the storm center, but this year, hurricane ian carved out huge swaths of the beach six weeks ago and it did not take much for nicole to finish the job. >> this has put some of those structures in jeopardy and they have been working hard to make sure everybody is safe. >> they ordered hundreds of people are evacuated. at the beach known as hutchinson island where nicole made landfall, we found similar signs of the storm's wrath. >> this was a tranquil place to watch the beach until hurricane nicole sn

passing through georgia and the carolina's let's bringing the embassies j grey, who joins us from jensen beach in florida. j. great to have you in the program. how was florida handling yet another storm given hearken in was less than 2 months ago . yeah, it's been another beating here. emily, the conditions have ease considerably here over the last few hours. this store making landfall about 40 miles to our north, near 0 beach, but i want to give you a look at what we're watching closely right now. and that's these growing massive waves were moving toward high tide here and with high guide, the dooms and protections. the last 24 hours have been battered significantly and so this water is going to push through it already has in many areas, there's flooding, that's an issue at for over roadways. some of the roadways have been completely torn away and then we've got water in business as well as homes along the eastern shore of florida. look, is the conditions these will get a better idea of just how expensive the structural damage is. but we know right now there's supposed to 240000 people in flo

and we see j grey has more from jensen beach in florida. their conditions, well, they've changed dramatically since the storm made landfall in the early morning hours, about 20 miles north of where we are right now. we've seen some sunshine, some patches of blue sky want to show you the way they continue to be bigger than they normally are, pressing out some above 12 feet, but rolling in we're moving back towards low tide. so that's some good news because these ways the storm surge. when's over a 24 hour period or so? rain really did a number on some of the rooms that protect the communities along the coast, ripping away several areas. erosion is a major problem right now, and it's allowed water to flood into homes and businesses. it is torn up roadways as well. and so that's something that's being dealt with. these conditions though, have also allowed cruise to get out and start to work on some of the down power lines here at the peak of power loss. we had more than 300000 without electricity. now that number is trending back down and look

rob marciano is in jensen beach, florida, with the latest there. g all sorts of wave action. we're getting debris on this side too. 2x4s and other damage continues to work its way upshore. i want to show you some of the wind gusts. they're all north of here. thank you for participating, sir. 74-mile-an-hour wind gusts in port canaveral. that also happened to be where the biggest storm surge was of six feet getting fresh video out of st. augustine getting wind and waves there and look at the warnings up and down the east coast and on the west coast if you're tampa through the big bend where this storm is heading, storm surge there and into charleston, south carolina, as well. huge chunk of the southeast getting a piece now of hurricane nicole. t.j. >> incredible video we're seeing there. thank you so much. robin. >>> the dangerous weather is causing headaches for travelers ahead of the three-day weekend with air traffic across the nation so let's go to victor oquendo in orlando with more on that part of the story. good morning, victor. >> reporter: g

jay gray has more from jensen beach. >> reporter: crashing the shoreline in the early morning hours, hurricane nicole continuing a violent attack that began long before landfall for the better part of a full 24 hours, the massive system unleashing strong winds, rain, the storm surge in some areas as much as six feet, chewing away protective sand dunes, erosion started by hurricane ian, made much worse by nicole the water rushing across roads and into homes and businesses. sea walls crumbling, structures, too. others dangling near the water's edge >> mother nature's unbelievable >> reporter: by the afternoon in jensen beach, sunshine with patchy clouds. the heavy surf here the only reminder of the storm. it. >> we have about another tidal cycle or two until we should see things back to normal. >> reporter: as normal as things can be in the wake of back-to-back storms. jay gray, nbc news, jensen beach, florida >> and we're still watching it for more on nicole's path, let's bring in michelle grossmann. hi, michelle >> hi there, guys. we're going to watch nicole today and tomorrow as it