A guest at an oceanfront hotel in Florida has died after being run over by a forklift working on storm repairs, authorities said.

Damages are estimated at more than $481 million in a central Florida coastal county where homes collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean following Hurricane Nicole last week.

Tropical Storm Nicole is now a depression dumping heavy rain in places from Georgia to southern Canada.

Tropical Storm Nicole sent multiple homes toppling into the Atlantic Ocean and threatened a row of high-rise condominiums in places where Hurricane Ian washed away seawalls and other remaining protections only weeks ago.

Tropical Storm Nicole has weakened to a tropical depression as it crosses the Florida Panhandle on its way north into Georgia.

A South Florida man is in jail after police officers spotted him trying to throw a live alligator onto the roof of a beachside cocktail lounge.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. Police say a 75-year-old man whod recently had heart surgery was punched in the chest and knocked to the ground after asking a woman to maintain social distancing in a Florida grocery store. The incident happened Sunday afternoon after the man checked out at a Publix store. Daytona Beach Shores police say a woman cut in close behind the man in a check-out line and he asked her to follow the markings on the floor. The man told police that there was no confrontation inside the store, but another vehicle drove up to him as he was putting groceries in his vehicle. Police are still looking for the man who punched the victim.