After wreaking havoc in Florida, Nicole weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, bringing strong storms to the Carolinas and Virginia on Friday before barreling into the Northeast.   

  Nicole – the first hurricane to hit the US in November in nearly 40 years – pounded coastal homes in the Daytona, Florida area early Thursday and left five people dead after hitting the state’s east coast as a Category 1 hurricane.   

  The remnants of the storm are now expected to track northeastern and eastern Canada through Saturday, with heavy rain and gusty winds spreading from the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley into New England overnight, according to the National Hurricane Center .   

  Nicole is expected to produce an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain on parts of the East Coast by Saturday morning before churning up the coast and away from the Atlantic coast.   

  The central Appalachian and northern Mid-Atlantic regions, particularly in the Blue Ridge Mountains, were expected to see isolated, urban and minor flooding.   

  Heavy rain and isolated flooding are also expected across New England through early Saturday.   

  While many people in the Carolinas and Georgia received wind warnings earlier Friday, parts of Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York remained below one through Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service.  There were gusts up to 50 mph.   

  The system will continue to weaken as it moves north on Saturday and its tropical moisture will be absorbed by a separate cold front, which has brought blizzard conditions to the northern plains.   

  “The risk of excessive rainfall and localized flash flooding with this extratropical transition will continue to diminish through Saturday,” the forecast center said.   

  As the storm moves away from the Sunshine State, the damage it left behind on the coast of Volusia County, Florida is clear.   

  Beach houses and hotels have collapsed into the ocean.  At least 49 waterfront properties, including hotels and condos, have been deemed “unsafe,” according to county officials.   

  “The Volusia coast has been devastated by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole,” said Capt.  AJ Miller of Volusia County Beach Safety in a video statement Friday.  “Damage estimates from these two storms total hundreds of millions of dollars with more than 30 homes and 22 hotels and apartments evacuated.”

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  Buildings in the area were battered by Hurricane Ian just weeks before Nicole’s arrival and were further threatened by coastal erosion as incoming Nicole pushed rising ocean water onto the coast over extremely high tides.   

  When Nicole arrived, she tore up homes in Wilbur-By-The-Sea, a barrier island community off Daytona Beach.   

  Among the structures that suffered serious damage on the island was Nina Lavigna’s house.  She lost 33 years of memorabilia in the storm, Lavigna told CNN affiliate WESH.   

  Nicole during the landfall broke Lavigna’s bedrooms from the rest of her home, leaving the home exposed to the ocean and severely damaged.  In the rooms left standing, her granddaughter’s pink shoes could be seen among the rubble.   

  On Friday, Lavigna said she dropped off Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis as he toured the wreckage.   

  “I asked him if he could send us help.  Because we need help here,” he said.   

  DeSantis said on social media that the state is “committed to restoring our communities and our beaches.”   

  “The Atlantic coast of Florida has been hit hard by 2 storms in less than 2 months.  Dozens of buildings have been condemned or destroyed by erosion,” the governor tweeted Thursday.  The state “will use $20 million for emergency sand placement,” he said.   

  As residents navigate the aftermath of the storm, Miller warned that dangers remain at the beach as recovery efforts continue.  The storm left many hazards that residents must maneuver in the hurricane’s wake.   

  “The scale of the devastation is unprecedented and the beach is littered with massive amounts of debris, both in the water and on land,” Miller said.   

  At least five people were killed by the storm.  In Orange County, Florida, two people died after being “electrocuted by a downed power line,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.  Two other deaths are being investigated as possibly storm-related after a fatal car accident, according to Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.   

  A 68-year-old Port Canaveral man who was on a yacht early Thursday morning was also killed as it was “struck by waves and the dock,” the Cocoa Police Department said.