Lauderdale-By-The-Sea - Trouble in Paradise [Hurricane Nicole] 4K

The southern half of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is situated between Fort Lauderdale and the Village of Sea Ranch Lakes, Florida. The entire town is located on a long, narrow barrier island separated from the mainland by the Intracoastal Waterway, stretching approximately one-half dozen blocks to the Atlantic Ocean. The main industry is tourism; the town has many hotels and motels used by visitors, especially during the winter; many of its older hotels and buildings reflect mid-century modern architecture design. Recognized by the Florida Legislature in 2016 for its near-shore coral reefs and efforts to promote scuba diving, the town is known as Florida's Beach Diving Capital. With a coral reef just 100 yards offshore, the town is a popular spot for scuba divers, especially just south of Anglin's Pier. On the ocean at the east end of Commercial Boulevard is Anglin's Fishing Pier, named after Lauderdale-by-the-Sea's first mayor, Melvin I. Anglin. The town is home to SS Copenhagen, a 19th-century British steamship that wrecked in 25 feet of water in May 1900 after striking a coral reef. The historic site is a Florida archaeological underwater preserve and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The town doubled in size in 2001 when it annexed the unincorporated Intracoastal Beach Area to the north. Even though the town's permanent population is 6,056, it nearly doubles when snowbirds and tourists come here to spend the winter. H​urricane Nicole made an unusual November landfall in Florida, bringing damaging coastal flooding, high winds and heavy rain to some parts of the state that were also affected six weeks prior by Hurricane Ian. N​icole was just the fourth November hurricane to landfall in the mainland U.S. in records dating to the mid-19th century, the first to do so since Hurricane Kate struck the Panhandle in 1985. Despite its Category 1 winds, Nicole's large size lead to damaging impacts from coastal flooding. T​he combination of Nicole's large circulation and high pressure to its north drove onshore winds that persisted before, and even after Nicole's storm surge moved through.T​his persistent wind produced large, pounding waves and coastal flooding along the Southeast coast from Florida's Atlantic beaches to the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina that in some locations happened over three or more high tides. H​ardest hit was a part of Florida Atlantic coast which also was ravaged by pounding surf, high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Ian six weeks before Nicole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauderdale-by-the-Sea,_Florida #DavidLorenzoFlorida #lauderdalebythesea ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/paul-yudin/summer-bumble License code: BNTTRIRG73ITTNJH