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Florida homes on brink of collapse as Tropical Storm Nicole batters state

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Nerve-racking video shows a row of Florida homes teetering on the edge of an eroded cliff Thursday as Tropical Storm Nicole whipped the state with high winds and heavy rain — killing at least two.
Footage shot in Volusia County shows the homes perilously close to being swallowed up by encroaching waters as the storm chewed up several feet of beachfront.
Nicole became the first hurricane to make landfall in November in the US in 37 years when it slammed into the Sunshine State early Thursday, meteorologists said.
The 22 waterfront structures in Wilbur-by-the-Sea were evacuated after local officials deemed them unsafe, so no one was injured, according to Fox 35.
Meanwhile, several properties in the enclave already had their decks collapse into the sea as storm surges pounded their foundations.

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