Hurricane Nicole lashes Bermuda with fierce winds as it passes over island

By Michelle Nurse On Oct 13, 2016

The view at 7am: the streets of Hamilton feel the early wrath of the storm system (Photograph by Owain Johnston-Barnes via Royal Gazette)) — The view at 7am: the streets of Hamilton feel the early wrath of the storm system **(Photograph by Owain Johnston-Barnes via Royal Gazette)**

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Thursday October 13, 2016 – The eye of Hurricane Nicole was moving away from Bermuda this afternoon but the large cyclone was still lashing the island with strong winds and storm surge flooding.

The eye of Nicole, a Category 3 hurricane with 120 mile-per-hour winds, began passing over the island late this morning.