Nicole, now tropical depression, causes three death in Florida, brings heavy rains into New England

Tropical Storm Nicole has caused at least three deaths since making landfall Thursday on Florida's central Atlantic coastline.

Nicole was on Friday dropping heavy rain from Georgia to New York, after making landfall early Thursday as a Category 1 hurricane near Florida's Vero Beach.

All of the reported deaths are in Florida.

A man and a woman were killed by electrocution when they touched downed power lines in the Orlando area. And another man died as waves smashed his boat against a dock in Cocoa. Paramedics reportedly tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate him onboard, according to the Associated Press.

Nicole, now a tropical depression, has also resulted in tornado warnings in Virginia and North and South Carolina and is forecast to bring heavy rains this weekend as far north as New England. 

Among the hardest hit areas are the wide stretches of sand that front Daytona Beach in Florida and property in the region, including beachfront homes that reportedly toppled into the Atlantic Ocean.

Two dozen hotels and condominium towers had to be evacuated in Daytona Beach Shores and New Smyrna Beach after building inspectors found them to be structurally unsafe. And roughly two dozen homes in Wilbur-by-the-Sea also had to be cleared out, the wire service also reports.

The region suffered substantial damage in part because sea walls and beaches were destroyed by Hurricane Ian six weeks earlier.

Nicole was the first November hurricane to hit Florida's shores since 1985.