NICOLE LEAVING A

DEADLY PATH OF

DESTRUCTION ACROSS

FLORIDA.

NICOLE MAKING A RARE

NOVEMBER LANDFALL AS A

CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE

WITH WINDS OF 75 MILES

PER HOUR.

THE STUNNING IMAGES,

BEACHFRONT HOMES

COLLAPSING.

THE STORM SURGE

RIPPING DOWN PIERS AND

WASHING OUT ROADS.

AT LEAST TWO KILLED.

THOUSANDS WITHOUT

POWER.

TONIGHT, OUR TEAM IN

THE STORM ZONE AND

WHERE NICOLE IS HEADED

NEXT.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, U.S.

INFLATION SLOWING IN

OCTOBER.

THE BEST DAY FOR

STOCKS IN MORE THAN

TWO YEARS.

HAS INFLATION FINALLY

PEAKED?

>>> THE GROWING

FALLOUT FROM THE

MIDTERMS.

CONTROL OF CONGRESS

STILL UNDECIDED.

REPUBLICANS EDGING

CLOSER TO TAKING THE

HOUSE.

THE SENATE MAY COME

DOWN TO THAT RUNOFF IN

GEORGIA.

DONALD TRUMP UNDER

PRESSURE AFTER THE

CANDIDATES HE BACKED

UNDERPERFORMED.

WILL HE DELAY HIS BIG

ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT

WEEK?

>>> THE BOMBSHELL NFL

LAWSUIT.

THE WASHINGTON

COMMANDERS, THE LEAGUE

AND THE COMMISSIONER

ACCUSED OF A COVER-UP.

>>> THE INCREDIBLE

UNDERWATER DISCOVERY

ON THE OCEAN FLOOR 36

YEARS AFTER THE SPACE

SHUTTLE "CHALLENGER"

DISASTER.

>>> AND THE HIGHLY

ANTICIPATED SEQUEL NOW

IN THEATERS, THE WOMEN

OF "BLACK PANTHER" ON

RETURNING TO WAKANDA

AFTER THE TRAGIC LOSS

OF STAR CHADWICK

BOSEMAN.

>> Announcer: THIS IS

NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS"

WITH LESTER HOLT.

>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS REMARKABLE

ENOUGH TO SEE A

HURRICANE STRIKE THE

AMERICAN MAINLAND IN

THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER,

BUT THIS ONE, NICOLE,

ALSO SEIZING ON A

CHRONIC VULNERABILITY

ALONG THE FLORIDA

COASTLINE, ERODING

BEACHES.

STRIKING IN THE

BLACKNESS OF NIGHT AS

A CATEGORY 1

HURRICANE, NICOLE

TRIGGERED WIDESPREAD

POWER OUTAGES AND LEFT

SOME HOMES AND

STRUCTURES LITERALLY

ON THE EDGE IN VOLUSIA

COUNTY SENDING OTHERS

CRASHING INTO THE SEA

AS THE LAND BELOW THEM

SIMPLY WASHED AWAY.

AT LEAST TWO DEATHS

ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLE.

NOW DOWNGRADED TO A

TROPICAL STORM, THE

SYSTEM IS TRACKING

TOWARD THE NORTHEAST,

PROMISING HEAVY RAINS

FOR MILLIONS IN ITS

PATH.

WE'LL GET THE LATEST

TRACK IN JUST A

MOMENT.

BUT FIRST TO FLORIDA

AND KERRY SANDERS.

KERRY, WHAT'S THE

LATEST THERE?

>> Reporter: WELL,

LESTER, THE BRIDGES TO

THE BARRIER ISLANDS IN

THE IMPACT ZONE ARE

CLOSED.

DEPUTIES EVEN

PREVENTING THOSE WHO

EVACUATED FROM COMING

BACK TO THEIR HOMES.

THERE IS A CURFEW IN

PLACE TONIGHT TO

PREVENT ANY LOOTING.

THIS AS THOSE WHO WERE

IN THE IMPACT ZONE ARE

COMING TO GRIPS WITH

THE FACT THAT THIS IS

A MAJOR CATASTROPHE.

NO ONE EXPECTED THIS

AFTER A CATEGORY 1.

ON THE FLORIDA

ATLANTIC COAST MUCH OF

THE BEACH IS GONE

WASHED AWAY BY A

FIVE-FOOT STORM SURGE.

AS THE SAND

DISAPPEARED, THE

FOUNDATIONS FOR

WATERFRONT HOMES

CRUMBLED.

>> THE HOUSE JUST FELL

DOWN.

>> Reporter: THE

SEAWATER PILED HIGHER

AND HIGHER BY

75-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS

AND AT DAYBREAK AN

UNUSUALLY HIGH TIDE

THANKS TO THE ALMOST

FULL MOON.

IN BREVARD COUNTY A

MAN WHO RODE OUT THE

STORM ON HIS BOAT HAD

TO BE RESCUED AFTER

HOLDING ON FOR DEAR

LIFE WHEN HIS THREE

ANCHORS BROKE LOOSE.

>> THIS AIN'T MY FIRST

HURRICANE, BUT THIS

ONE TOOK ME DOWN.

>> Reporter: THE FURY

TAKING DOWN PIERS AND

ERODING HUNDREDS OF

MILES OF COASTLINE.

ACCESS ROADS TO THE

BEACH AND PALM TREES

GONE.

SINCE AS FAR BACK AS

CARS WERE A THING,

CARS HAVE BEEN ALONG

THESE 300-FOOT-WIDE

BEACHES.

NOW, THAT BEACH IS

UNDERWATER.

IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE

BUILT ON CLIFFS HERE.

>> THEY DIDN'T BUILD

ON CLIFFS.

ACTUALLY FROM THE

HOUSE THEY HAD ABOUT

60 FEET OF BACKYARD

THEN A SEAWALL OR SAND