Tropical Storm Nicole (2010)

{{Infobox weather event

| name = Tropical Storm Nicole

| image = Nicole Sept 29 2010.jpg

| caption = Tropical Storm Nicole near Cuba on September 29

| formed = September 28, 2010

| extratropical = September 29

| dissipated = September 30, 2010

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| winds = 40

| pressure = 995

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| year = 2010

| fatalities = 16 total

| damage = 245400000

| areas = Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Florida, Bahamas, United States East Coast

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| season = 2010 Atlantic hurricane season

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Tropical Storm Nicole was a short-lived and unusually asymmetrical tropical cyclone that caused destructive rainfall and flooding in Jamaica during the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the sixteenth tropical cyclone and the fourteenth named storm of the season, as well as the last of eight tropical storms to form in September.{{cite report|last1=Kimberlain|first1=Todd|last2=Blake|first2=Eric|last3=Brennan|first3=Michael|date=2010-10-01|title=Monthly Tropical Weather Summary: September 2010|publisher=National Hurricane Center|access-date=2010-11-05|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/tws/MIATWSAT_sep.shtml?|series=Tropical Cyclone Monthly Summary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314093117/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/tws/MIATWSAT_sep.shtml|archive-date=2016-03-14|url-status=live}} Originating from a broad monsoonal low, Nicole became a tropical depression over the northwestern Caribbean Sea on September 28. It maintained an unusual structure as it tracked northeastward, with a poorly defined wind circulation and few thunderstorms near its center. Nicole approached the coast of Cuba as a weak tropical storm, losing its status as a tropical cyclone over the territory on September 29. The remnants emerged over the Bahamas and eventually became absorbed by a separate extratropical system.

Due to Nicole's atypical structure, the strongest convection was well removed from the center; most of the weather activity occurred over the north-central Caribbean. In Jamaica, the storm triggered widespread power outages across more than 288,000 residences. Extreme precipitation of up to {{convert|37.42|in}} caused disastrous flooding in several parishes, severely damaging or destroying 528 houses. The devastation extended to the island's farmland and environment, which suffered from expansive water pollution. In all, Nicole wrought an estimated $245.4 million (2010 USD) in damage throughout Jamaica, and there were sixteen fatalities. Elsewhere, minor flooding occurred in Cuba, Florida, and the Cayman Islands. The remnants of the storm contributed to a large disturbance along the East Coast of the United States, causing additional damage and deaths.

Meteorological history

In late September 2010, a wide band of disturbed weather and low pressure, associated with the monsoon trough and remnant tropical moisture from Tropical Storm Matthew, meandered over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/text/TWDAT/2010/TWDAT.201009270000.txt|title=Tropical Weather Discussion|date=2010-09-27|last=Formosa|first=Mike|publisher=National Hurricane Center|access-date=2011-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011406/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/text/TWDAT/2010/TWDAT.201009270000.txt|archive-date=2016-03-05|url-status=live}} With a broad upper ridge anchored along the Yucatán coast, diffluence aloft in the vicinity of the disturbance provided focus for the development of scattered convection.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/text/TWDAT/2010/TWDAT.201009261748.txt|title=Tropical Weather Discussion|date=2010-09-26|last=Wallice|first=Patricia|publisher=National Hurricane Center|access-date=2011-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112035/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/text/TWDAT/2010/TWDAT.201009261748.txt|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}} The National Hurricane Center (NHC) noted an environment supportive of tropical development, and by September 27, a broad surface low formed amid the convection.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/text/TWDAT/2010/TWDAT.201009271829.txt|title=Tropical Weather Discussion|date=2010-09-27|last=Wallice|first=Patricia|publisher=National Hurricane Center|access-date=2011-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210439/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/text/TWDAT/2010/TWDAT.201009271829.txt|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}} The next day, surface pressures steadily dropped as sustained winds around the low proximated tropical storm force.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/gtwo/atl/201009280911/index.php?basin=atl|title=Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook|date=2010-09-28|last=Stewart|first=Stacy|publisher=National Hurricane Center|access-date=2011-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190857/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/gtwo/atl/201009280911/index.php?basin=atl|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=live}} Throughout the development process, moderate westerly wind shear over the region caused the disturbance to exhibit a rather asymmetric structure; it developed an elongated low-pressure center by September 28, well to the northwest of its strongest wind field.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/gtwo/atl/201009281200/index.php?basin=atl¤t_issuance=201009281200|title=Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook|date=2010-09-28|access-date=2011-01-09|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last=Pasch|first=Richard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223830/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/gtwo/atl/201009281200/index.php?basin=atl¤t_issuance=201009281200|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=live}} Despite the asymmetry, the NHC initiated advisories on a tropical depression around 15:00 UTC that day, after surface and satellite observations revealed a sufficiently defined circulation center west of the deep convection.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.001.shtml?|title=Tropical Depression Sixteen Discussion Number 1|date=2010-09-28|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last=Pasch|first=Richard|access-date=2011-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526051618/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.001.shtml|archive-date=2016-05-26|url-status=live}} Post-season reassessments, however, indicated that a tropical storm had, in fact, formed three hours earlier, about 75 miles (120 km) south of Cuba's Isle of Youth, which operationally was not named Nicole until a day later.{{cite report|url={{NHC TCR url|id=AL162010_Nicole}}|title=Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Nicole|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=2011-01-31|access-date=2011-06-17|last=Blake|first=Eric|pages=1–4}}{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.005.shtml?|title=Tropical Storm Nicole Discussion Number 5|access-date=2011-01-09|date=2010-09-29|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last1=Brown|first1=Daniel|last2=Pasch|first2=Richard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313014715/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.005.shtml|archive-date=2016-03-13|url-status=live}}

File:TS Nicole over Cuba - water vapor 2010-09-29 1415z.png

For most of its duration, Nicole maintained a generally northeastward motion, caught in the steering flow between a large mid- to upper-level trough and an anticyclone to the west. Within hours of the storm's formation, observations from a hurricane hunters flight confirmed a composition similar to the one initially discerned, with the strongest gusts and thunderstorms dislocated 250 mi (400 km) east from the ill-defined center.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.002.shtml?|title=Tropical Depression Sixteen Discussion Number 2|access-date=2011-01-09|date=2010-09-28|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last=Pasch|first=Richard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312183325/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.002.shtml|archive-date=2016-03-12|url-status=live}} In comparison, the core consisted of light winds and sporadic convection—a structure rather characteristic of a North Indian Ocean monsoon depression.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.003.shtml?|title=Tropical Depression Sixteen Discussion Number 3|access-date=2011-01-09|date=2010-09-29|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last=Beven|first=Jack|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312144342/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.003.shtml|archive-date=2016-03-12|url-status=live}} The system's ambiguous nature led to disagreement among weather specialists over its classification: while the NHC maintained its tropical cyclone status, Cuban meteorologist José Rubiera stated that "no tropical storm exists over [Cuba], or near it," noting a lack of significant winds in the country's vicinity.{{cite news|url=http://www.cubaencuentro.com/cuba/noticias/desacuerdo-sobre-la-tormenta-nicole-entre-cuba-y-estados-unidos-245946|title=Desacuerdo sobre la tormenta Nicole entre Cuba y Estados Unidos|access-date=2010-09-30|date=2010-09-30|website=Cuba Encuentro|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925125936/http://www.cubaencuentro.com/cuba/noticias/desacuerdo-sobre-la-tormenta-nicole-entre-cuba-y-estados-unidos-245946|archive-date=2015-09-25|url-status=live}}

Over the course of September 29, radar data showed the convection increasing over the northern half of the storm;{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.004.shtml?|title=Tropical Depression Sixteen Discussion Number 4|access-date=2011-01-09|date=2010-09-29|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last=Stewart|first=Stacy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312125458/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.004.shtml|archive-date=2016-03-12|url-status=live}} bands of intense thunderstorms in the southeastern periphery also formed closer to the center, and weather buoys and ships in that region observed sustained tropical-storm-force winds. Around 12:00 UTC, Nicole attained an estimated peak intensity of {{convert|45|mph}} winds and a minimum pressure of {{Convert|995|mbar|inHg|lk=on|abbr=on}}, just south of Cuba. Despite the increase in strength, Nicole's circulation soon became exceedingly elongated and untrackable over central Cuba, prompting the NHC to declassify it as a tropical cyclone by 15:00 UTC.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.006.shtml?|title=Tropical Storm Nicole Discussion Number 6|access-date=2011-01-09|date=2010-09-29|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last=Brown|first=Daniel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312163110/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.discus.006.shtml|archive-date=2016-03-12|url-status=live}} The remnant low began interacting with the neighboring trough that had steered Nicole in its tropical stages, resulting in significant precipitation along the southeastern coastlines of the United States. Accelerating toward the northeast, the system acquired frontal characteristics and became extratropical over the Bahamas by 0600 UTC, September 30, twelve hours before merging with a developing system over eastern North Carolina. Lingering low pressure and broad cyclonic flow over the north-central Caribbean in Nicole's wake contributed to the development of Hurricane Paula in the first weeks of October.{{cite report|url={{NHC TCR url|id=AL182010_Paula}}|title=Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Paula|first=Robbie J.|last=Berg|date=2010-12-20|publisher=National Hurricane Center|access-date=2015-09-24|page=1}}

Preparations

=Caribbean=

In anticipation of a tropical storm, warnings were issued for the Cayman Islands, the northwestern and central Bahamas, and the Cuban provinces of Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, and Ciego de Ávila on September 28.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.public.001.shtml?|title=Tropical Depression Sixteen Advisory Number 1|access-date=2010-09-28|year=2010|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last=Pasch|first=Richard|type=Advisory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311153348/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.public.001.shtml|archive-date=2016-03-11|url-status=live}} However, the warnings were discontinued the following day after reports of the storm's prompt dissipation.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.public.006.shtml?|title=Tropical Storm Nicole Advisory Number 6|access-date=2010-09-29|year=2010|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last1=Brown|first1=Daniel|last2=Pasch|first2=Richard|type=Advisory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312135932/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.public.006.shtml|archive-date=2016-03-12|url-status=live}} After forecasters warned of severe weather across the Cayman Islands, schools and government offices closed in low-lying areas,{{cite news|url=http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2010/09/29/Weather-causes-flight-cancellations/|title=Weather causes flight cancellations|date=2010-09-29|access-date=2010-09-29|newspaper=Cayman Compass|last=Shooman|first=Joe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726224122/http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2010/09/29/Weather-causes-flight-cancellations/|archive-date=2011-07-26|url-status=live}} and emergency teams cleaned out storm drains and readied shelters.{{cite report|url=http://www.gov.ky/portal/page?_pageid=3701,6816985&_dad=portal&_schema=portal|title=Looking back at the 2010 Hurricane Season|date=2010-12-03|access-date=2015-09-26|type=Press release|work=Cayman Prepared|publisher=Hazard Management Cayman Islands|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928043133/http://www.gov.ky/portal/page?_pageid=3701,6816985&_dad=portal&_schema=portal|archive-date=2015-09-28|url-status=live}} Thunderstorms in Grand Cayman forced Cayman Airways to cancel all express flights to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman on October 29; weather-resistant jet service was provided to stranded passengers. A marine warning was required for all three islands due to rough sea conditions.{{cite news|url=http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2010/09/29/Cyclone-floods-Cayman/|title=Cyclone floods Cayman|access-date=2010-09-29|date=2010-09-29|newspaper=Cayman Compass|last=Markoff|first=Alan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726224140/http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2010/09/29/Cyclone-floods-Cayman/|archive-date=2011-07-26|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tropical-storm-nicole-forms-may-skirt-florida/|title=Tropical Storm Nicole forms, may skirt Florida|agency=Associated Press|publisher=CBS News|date=2010-09-29|access-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111093528/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/29/world/main6911852.shtml|archive-date=2013-11-11|url-status=live}}

In Jamaica, a flash flood warning remained in effect for flood-prone regions for four days, ultimately discontinued on October 3.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Flash-Flood-Warning-extended-for-Jamaica|title=Flash flood warning extended for Jamaica|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|date=2010-09-29|access-date=2015-09-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115121/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Flash-Flood-Warning-extended-for-Jamaica|archive-date=2016-03-04}}{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Flash-flood-warning-lifted|title=Flash flood warning lifted|access-date=2010-10-03|date=2010-10-03|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203958/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Flash-flood-warning-lifted|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=live}} Schools and several businesses, including the US Embassy in Kingston, closed on September 29–30 as the island braced for heavy rains.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Schools-closed-until-further-notice|title=Schools closed until further notice|date=2010-09-29|access-date=2015-09-27|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115511/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Schools-closed-until-further-notice|archive-date=2016-03-04}}{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/US-Embassy-closed|title=US Embassy closed due to Nicole|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|date=2010-09-30|access-date=2015-09-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204627/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/US-Embassy-closed|archive-date=2016-03-04}} Public transit was suspended islandwide on the evening of September 29,{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/JUTC-buses-to-stop-at-9-30-tonight|title=JUTC buses to stop at 9:30 tonight|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|date=2010-09-29|access-date=2015-09-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928011534/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/JUTC-buses-to-stop-at-9-30-tonight|archive-date=2015-09-28}} and shipping interests were cautioned to secure their vessels. At the height of the storm, army and police officials patrolled the island in case of emergencies.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Army--police-fully-mobilised---Golding|title=Army, police fully mobilized|date=2010-09-29|access-date=2015-09-27|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135553/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Army--police-fully-mobilised---Golding|archive-date=2016-03-04}}

=United States=

File:Ex-Tropical Storm Nicole 2010-09-30 1550Z.jpg on September 30]]

Tropical storm warnings were issued for the Florida Keys, the Florida Bay, and from the Jupiter Inlet coast southward to Cape Sable on September 28. A tropical storm watch was in place for the mainland north from the Jupiter Inlet to the Sebastian Inlet and north of East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee. The warnings and watch were discontinued the next day, after a direct impact was no longer expected.{{cite report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.public.005.shtml?|title=Tropical Storm Nicole Advisory Number 5|access-date=2010-09-29|date=2010-09-29|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last1=Brown|first1=Daniel|last2=Pasch|first2=Richard|type=Advisory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312182523/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al16/al162010.public.005.shtml|archive-date=2016-03-12|url-status=live}} At the time, a flood watch remained in effect for Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Collier, and Monroe counties into September 30.{{cite news|newspaper=ChipleyPaper|title=Tropical Depression 16 update|url=http://www.chipleypaper.com/news/tropical-7280-depression-hurricane.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708145517/http://www.chipleypaper.com/news/tropical-7280-depression-hurricane.html|archive-date=2011-07-08|date=2010-09-28|access-date=2015-09-24}} An airport weather warning was issued for Orlando International Airport and Executive Airport on September 28; arriving flights were put on hold, and pilots rerouted to other airports if possible. Eight Southwest Airlines flights were diverted to the airports of Tampa and Jacksonville, and one JetBlue flight to West Palm Beach. Though airport officials later reported normal conditions,{{cite news|title=Tropical Depression Sixteen caused dangerous driving conditions|url=http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2010/september/155920/Tropical-Depression-Sixteen-causes-dangerous-driving-conditions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119065649/http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2010/september/155920/Tropical-Depression-Sixteen-causes-dangerous-driving-conditions|archive-date=2012-01-19|publisher=Central Florida News 13|date=2010-09-29|access-date=2015-09-24}} an additional 26 flights were canceled at Miami International Airport the next day.{{cite news|title=TS Nicole cancels flights in and out of MIA|date=2010-09-30|publisher=WSVN 7 News|url=http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21002347220452/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002054714/http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21002347220452/|archive-date=2010-10-02|access-date=2015-09-24}} The National Hockey League postponed a preseason game by the Florida Panthers.{{cite news |title=Florida Panthers Cancel Wednesday Night's Preseason Game against Carolina Hurricanes |url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/news/florida-panthers-cancel-wednesday-nights-preseason-game-against-carolina-hurricanes/c-538898 |access-date=March 6, 2023 |publisher=NHL.com |date=September 28, 2010}}

In Brunswick and New Hanover counties, North Carolina, officials readied shelters on September 29 to accommodate stranded residents unable to access their homes. Multiple schools in New Hanover and Pender County remained closed the next morning due to worsening storm conditions from the disturbance succeeding Nicole.{{cite news|url=http://capefearbusiness.com/?p=5521|title=Tropical Storm Nicole takes aim at the Cape Fear region|access-date=2010-09-29|date=2010-09-29|work=Cape Fear Business News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111094210/http://capefearbusiness.com/?p=5521|archive-date=2013-11-11|url-status=dead}} At the threat of prolonged rainfall, a flood watch was issued for Kent County, Maryland, from September 30 to October 1. Also in the area, the National Weather Service declared both a coastal flood advisory and wind advisory for September 30.{{cite news|url=http://www.doverpost.com/article/20100929/NEWS/309299999|newspaper=The Dover Post|title=Delmarva Power prepares for Tropical Storm Nicole|date=2010-09-29|access-date=2010-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322003606/http://www.doverpost.com/article/20100929/NEWS/309299999|archive-date=2016-03-22|url-status=live}}

Impact

=Jamaica=

File:Nicole sept 29 2010 1745Z.jpg

Nicole and its precursor disturbance brought great rainfall to much of Jamaica over a period of several days. A maximum total of {{Convert|37.42|in}} was recorded in Belleisle, Westmoreland Parish, from September 26 to 30; most other parishes received at least {{convert|12|in}} during the same period. With a return period of 30 years, these quantities tripled the monthly rainfall average for September at several locations. Though the broad-scale wind regime over the island remained gentle, the storm's intense convective bands produced three microbursts—small downdrafts of intense winds.{{cite report|url=http://www.pioj.gov.jm/Portals/0/Sustainable_Development/Tropical%20Storm%20Nicole_Impact%20Assessment_Final.pdf|title=Jamaica: Macro Socio-Economic And Environmental Assessment Of The Damage And Loss caused by. Tropical Depression No. 16/Tropical Storm Nicole|publisher=Planning Institute of Jamaica|date=November 2010|access-date=2011-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000535/http://www.pioj.gov.jm/Portals/0/Sustainable_Development/Tropical%20Storm%20Nicole_Impact%20Assessment_Final.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}} With dozens of river banks and waterways blocked, the worst effects were due to landslides and particularly severe flooding across numerous communities, primarily in the southern parishes.{{cite report|type=Information bulletin|publisher=International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/4F6FF515C48C4B7B492577AF00828AEF-Full_Report.pdf|title=Jamaica: Tropical Storm Nicole – Information bulletin n° 1|work=ReliefWeb|date=2010-10-01|access-date=2011-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075336/http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/4F6FF515C48C4B7B492577AF00828AEF-Full_Report.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}

File:Fatal Landslide.jpg, killing the three construction workers inside]]

The disaster affected 507,831 people on the island; it resulted in 16 deaths—14 confirmed—and 42 injuries. In Saint Andrew Parish's Sandy Park, a house next to a street gully succumbed to the effects of the storm; five bodies were recovered near the site, while the final missing inhabitant was presumed dead.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Remembering-the-Sandy-Park-six_8025119|title=Remembering the Sandy Park six|access-date=2010-10-05|date=2010-10-05|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184404/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Remembering-the-Sandy-Park-six_8025119|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101013/lead/lead5.html|title=Sandy Gully deaths could have been prevented – NWA|date=2010-10-13|access-date=2011-09-15|newspaper=The Gleaner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928000654/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101013/lead/lead5.html|archive-date=2015-09-28|url-status=live}} Elsewhere in Saint Andrew, three construction workers were killed when the shed in which they were sleeping collapsed.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Three-men-crushed-to-death-in-Norbrook-shack|title=Three crushed to death in Norbrook shack|access-date=2010-09-30|date=2010-09-30|last=Robinson|first=Corey|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055957/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Three-men-crushed-to-death-in-Norbrook-shack|archive-date=2016-03-04}} A girl was crushed to death under the weight of a collapsed board house in Saint Catherine Parish.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Tree-crushes-little-girl-to-death|title=Tree crushes little girl to death|access-date=2010-10-30|date=2010-09-30|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041351/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Tree-crushes-little-girl-to-death|archive-date=2016-03-04}} Rushing waters swept away three people in different parts of the island.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101002/lead/lead1.html|title=More bodies – Nicole casualties climb death toll: 13|date=2010-10-02|newspaper=The Gleaner|last=Hall|first=Arthur|access-date=2010-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005223307/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101002/lead/lead1.html|archive-date=2010-10-05|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Nicole-pains_8008910|title=Nicole pains – 2 dead, 6 missing as storm ravages|access-date=2010-10-30|date=2010-09-30|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003202/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Nicole-pains_8008910|archive-date=2016-03-04}} Amid a microburst, a waterspout tore roofs off buildings and hospitalized five residents in Westmoreland Parish's capital of Savanna-la-Mar,{{cite news|url=http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/sep/29/291806/tropical-depression-aims-at-cuba-then-florida/weather-hurricane/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002020302/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/sep/29/291806/tropical-depression-aims-at-cuba-then-florida/weather-hurricane/|archive-date=2010-10-02|title=Tropical Storm Nicole quickly losing steam|date=2010-09-29|newspaper=The Tampa Tribune|access-date=2015-09-24}} while to the northwest, strong gusts and rough surf impacted the resort town of Negril.{{cite conference|url=https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/tcp/documents/Doc.4.2.5_Jamaica.doc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518103629/http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/tcp/documents/Doc.4.2.5_Jamaica.doc|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 18, 2017|title=Review of the past hurricane season: Reports of hurricanes, tropical storms, tropical disturbances and related flooding during 2010 – Jamaica|first=Roger|last=Williams|conference=Thirty-Third Session of the Hurricane Committee|location=Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands|date=2011-03-08|id=4.2(5)|page=3|conference-url=https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/tcp/HC-33.html|publisher=World Meteorological Organization}} In the wake of the storm, a body was recovered from debris along a road in Saint Catherine.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Body-found-on-Ewarton-Main-Road|title=Body found on Edwarton Main Road|access-date=2010-10-03|date=2010-10-03|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220731/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Body-found-on-Ewarton-Main-Road|archive-date=2016-03-03}} Flooded streets, roads, and bridges isolated communities across seven of the island's parishes and trapped hundreds of residents in their homes.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Reports-of-islandwide-flooding-and-damage|title=Floods causing damage islandwide|access-date=2010-09-19|date=2010-09-29|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215241/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Reports-of-islandwide-flooding-and-damage|archive-date=2016-03-03}}{{cite report|url=http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/10/MDRJM002dfr.pdf|title=DREF operation final report – Jamaica: Tropical Storm Nicole|number=DREF operation n° MDRJM002|publisher=International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies|work=Disaster Relief Emergency Fund|date=2011-06-02|access-date=2011-07-16|page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050307/http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/10/MDRJM002dfr.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}

Jamaica's infrastructure was devastated in the deluge, accounting for most of Nicole's damage to the island. More than 288,000 residences were without power at the height of the storm due to downed electricity lines and poles. About 40 percent of the island's water supply had been disrupted at some point. Dozens of bridges experienced total collapse under the force of swollen rivers and creeks. In Kingston, many underpasses became totally inundated as the prolonged rain overwhelmed storm drains; the flooding that followed left many of the city's roads impassable.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2010-09-29-tropical-storm-nicole_N.htm|title=Tropical Storm Nicole bringing rain to South Florida|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=USA Today|date=2010-09-29|access-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703051158/http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2010-09-29-tropical-storm-nicole_N.htm|archive-date=2012-07-03|url-status=live}} Destruction to the infrastructure was especially extensive in Westmoreland, Saint Elizabeth, and Hanover parishes, though overall, 543 of the island's principle roads sustained at least some degree of damage. The total costs linked to the infrastructure neared J$20 billion (US$235.4 million).{{cite news|title=Tropical Storm Nicole bill now at $20 billion|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/power/23714|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|access-date=2010-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925123239/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/power/23714|archive-date=2015-09-25|url-status=live}}

Nicole also wreaked widespread property damage: of the 2,169 homes affected, 474 sustained severe damage while 54 were beyond repair. The losses totaled J$274.3 million (US$3.2 million), J$75.6 million (US$890,000) hereof to replace destroyed housing units. With much of the island's crops and livestock washed away, including 40 percent of the season's banana produce, the agricultural sector suffered J$576.5 million (US$6.8 million) in losses. The storm had a discernible impact on the environment, which plays a crucial role in Jamaica's economy and tourism sectors. Surface runoff and spills along industrial zones and sewage systems infiltrated large stretches of land, leading to soil contamination, coastal erosion, and deteriorated ecosystems. In addition, there were traces of light damage to vegetation, such as uprooted trees.

=Elsewhere=

While Nicole was intensifying offshore, its outer bands produced heavy downpours over drought-stricken Cuba.{{cite web|url=https://alocubano.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/la-tormenta-tropical-que-inventaron-los-medios-segun-rubiera/#more-885|title=La tormenta tropical que inventaron los medios, según Rubiera|date=2010-09-30|access-date=2010-09-27|first=Jorge García|last=Sosa|website=Alocubano|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128204343/http://alocubano.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/la-tormenta-tropical-que-inventaron-los-medios-segun-rubiera/#more-885|archive-date=2011-11-28|url-status=live}} Rain quantities were particularly high along the southeastern coast: a 48-hour total of {{convert|9.22|in}} fell at Cape Cruz, in the mountainous Granma Province. The region also briefly observed gale-force winds, with gusts to {{convert|53|mph}} at Guantánamo Bay. Throughout eastern Cuba, nearly 300 people sought refuge from the storm. As the rivers in Granma overflowed, eight houses collapsed and more than 300 others were inundated in the coastal town of Pilón. The flooding obstructed several roads, with sections of the highway between Granma and Santiago de Cuba destroyed. The storm resulted in 5,000 lbs (2.5 tons) of lost crops and livestock.{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/ultimas-noticias/article2009039.html|title=Lluvias causan daños en cultivos y viviendas|agency=Agencia EFE|newspaper=El Nuevo Herald|date=2010-10-02|access-date=2015-09-27|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112352/http://www.elnuevoherald.com/ultimas-noticias/article2009039.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}} These effects were nevertheless considered to be minor when viewed against the rainfall's alleviation of a persistent dry spell.{{cite news|url=http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/174473/lluvias-de-nicole-incomunican-pequenas-aldeas-y-alivian-sequia-en-cuba|title=Lluvias de Nicole incomunican pequeñas aldeas y alivian sequía en Cuba|date=2010-09-30|agency=Agence France-Presse|publisher=Noticias 24|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928161202/http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/174473/lluvias-de-nicole-incomunican-pequenas-aldeas-y-alivian-sequia-en-cuba/|archive-date=2015-09-28}}

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In the Cayman Islands, gusts to {{convert|51|mph}} stirred up rough seas with {{convert|8|–|10|ft|adj=on}} waves, which caused some light erosion along southern and western shores.{{cite report|url=http://www.caymanprepared.gov.ky/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/HMCHOME/RESOURCES/ANNUALREPORTS/HMCI%20ANNUAL%20REPORT%20%20201011.PDF |title=Annual Report 2010–2011 |publisher=Hazard Management Cayman Islands |pages=9, 14 |date=2011 |access-date=2015-09-27 |work=Cayman Prepared |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928023051/http://www.caymanprepared.gov.ky/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/HMCHOME/RESOURCES/ANNUALREPORTS/HMCI%20ANNUAL%20REPORT%20%20201011.PDF |archive-date=2015-09-28 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.compasscayman.com/story.aspx?id=35121|title=Rain to continue|first=Allen|last=Markoff|date=2010-09-30|access-date=2015-09-27|newspaper=Cayman Compass|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084512/http://www.compasscayman.com/story.aspx?id=35121|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}} Rainfall over the region was heavy and widespread, although the greatest quantities fell over Grand Cayman; the Owen Roberts International Airport recorded {{convert|9.02|in}} over a two-day period. Overall damage to the islands was limited: The blustery rains flooded low-lying areas, caused roof leaks, and knocked out the power in eastern Grand Cayman.

Despite the initial threat of strong thunderstorms and gusts, Florida was spared a direct hit from Nicole. The storm skirted the state with only showers:{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-09-30/news/sfl-tropical-storm-nicole_1_strongest-winds-and-rain-tropical-storm-nicole-hurricane-center|title=Short-lived Tropical Storm Nicole no big deal for South Florida|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|last1=Kaye|first1=Ken|last2=Nolin|first2=Robert|date=2010-09-30|access-date=2011-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054625/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-09-30/news/sfl-tropical-storm-nicole_1_strongest-winds-and-rain-tropical-storm-nicole-hurricane-center|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}} {{convert|12.71|in}} of rain fell at North Key Largo, though the mainland received much smaller quantities.{{cite book|title=Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Data|url=http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/tcrainfall.html|at=section [http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/nicole2010.html Tropical Storm Nicole – 28–29, 2010]|date=2010-05-10|first=David|last=Roth|publisher=Weather Prediction Center|access-date=2015-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022203526/http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/tcmaxima.html|archive-date=2015-10-22|url-status=live}} The storm flooded streets in Miami Beach and the northern Florida Keys, as well as one home. Similarly, inclement weather spread over the northwestern Bahamas without significant consequences.

=Post-tropical system=

The extratropical remnants of Nicole retained plenty of moisture and ultimately combined with a large low-pressure system slowly tracking up the U.S. East Coast.{{cite report|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2010/h2010_Nicole.html|title=Hurricane Season 2010: Tropical Storm Nicole (Atlantic Ocean)|date=2010-10-04|access-date=2015-09-24|publisher=NASA|work=Hurricanes/Tropical Cyclones|first=Rob|last=Gutro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305220401/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2010/h2010_Nicole.html|archive-date=2016-03-05|url-status=live}} The resultant disturbance produced torrential thunderstorms over entire coastlines and inland as far north as Canada, causing widespread power outages{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/storm-kills-two-in-quebec-after-flooding-u-s-cities-1.558689|title=Storm kills two in Quebec after flooding U.S. cities|date=2010-10-01|agency=Associated Press|publisher=CTV News|access-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119043810/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20101001/Storm-Heads-North-101001/|archive-date=2012-01-19|url-status=live}} and shattering numerous precipitation records throughout the region.{{cite report|url=http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/winter_storm_summaries/event_reviews/2010/Mid-Atlantic_and_Northeast_Heavy_Rains_2010.pdf|title=Heavy Rains Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast: September 29–October 2, 2010|first=Rich|last=Otto|publisher=Weather Prediction Center|date=2010-10-02|access-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131416/http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/winter_storm_summaries/event_reviews/2010/Mid-Atlantic_and_Northeast_Heavy_Rains_2010.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} The most extreme weather was concentrated over Eastern North Carolina; during the week of September 24–October 1, most communities there recorded rainfall totals of at least {{convert|8|–|10|in}}. Wilmington measured {{convert|22.54|in}} of rain, the most it had received over a five-day period since 1871, while Kinston recorded {{Convert|15|in}} during that time. Widespread flooding, exacerbated by overflowing creeks and rivers, engulfed blocks of homes.{{cite news|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/10/02/714976/flooding-swamps-counties-down.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005095110/http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/10/02/714976/flooding-swamps-counties-down.html|archive-date=2010-10-05|title=Flooding swamps counties Down East|agency=Associated Press|access-date=2010-10-02|newspaper=The News & Observer|date=2010-10-02}} About 150 roads were closed off due to the hazardous conditions; seven people were nonetheless killed in traffic accidents across the state.{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1001/Remnants-of-tropical-storm-Nicole-wallop-East-Coast-with-huge-rainfall|title=Remnants of tropical storm Nicole wallop East Coast with huge rainfall|access-date=2011-09-16|date=2010-10-01|first=Ron|last=Scherer|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231615/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1001/Remnants-of-tropical-storm-Nicole-wallop-East-Coast-with-huge-rainfall|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=live}}

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In the Mid-Atlantic, the weather event broke the 24-hour rainfall record for September 30 at several locations: the Norfolk, Baltimore–Washington, and Ronald Reagan Washington airports recorded {{convert|7.85|in}}, {{convert|6.02|in}}, and {{convert|4.66|in}}, respectively. In Maryland, two buses collided amid the stormy weather, injuring 26 of their passengers. In the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, all access to the Delaware River in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was blocked off.[https://www.nj.com/news/2010/09/delware_river_recreation_area.html Delaware River, recreation area in Water Gap park are closed due to rising waters], NJ.com, September 30, 2010 With localized estimates of up to {{convert|8|in}},{{cite report|url=http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~833994|title=Event Record Details: Flash Flood|year=2010|access-date=2011-07-11|publisher=National Climatic Data Center|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121211151/http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~833994|archive-date=2012-01-21}} the state of New York experienced some of its most historic rainfall; an official total {{convert|4.24|in}} shattered the 24-hour record for any calendar day in Binghamtom. Flash floods throughout the state resulted in one drowning death and US$10,000 in damage. Considerable flooding also occurred in Vermont and Pennsylvania, with a 24-hour rainfall maximum of {{convert|10.5|in}} in Moscow. Farther north, the remnant low enhanced a pressure gradient over southern New England, generating strong winds that knocked out the power in Litchfield County. Rainfall there additionally caused minor flooding.{{cite report|title=Event Record Details: High Wind|publisher=National Climatic Data Center|year=2010|url=http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~833045|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721060028/http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~833045|archive-date=2011-07-21|access-date=2015-09-24}} In Quebec, torrents following {{convert|3.5|in}} of rainfall inundated basements and caused two drownings. Despite the deaths and damage, the rains lightened prolonged drought conditions in those regions.{{cite report|url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/tropical-cyclones/2010/9|series=State of the Climate Reports|title=Hurricanes and Tropical Storms – September 2010|publisher=National Climatic Data Center|date=September 2010|access-date=2011-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307065620/http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/tropical-cyclones/2010/9|archive-date=2011-03-07|url-status=live}}

Aftermath

On October 5, a national disaster was declared for Jamaica due to the effects of Nicole. In response, the USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance provided US$50,000 for the purchase and delivery of relief supplies and fuel for emergency vehicles.{{cite report |type=Fact sheet |number=5 |url=http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/countries/lac/template/fs_sr/fy2011/lac_hs_fs05_10-08-2010.pdf |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5zqXIIvKB?url=http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/countries/lac/template/fs_sr/fy2011/lac_hs_fs05_10-08-2010.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-01 |page=1 |title=Latin America and the Caribbean – Hurricane Season and Floods |publisher=United States Agency for International Development |date=2010-10-08 |access-date=2011-01-10 |url-status=dead }} About J$4 million (US$46,800) was donated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to the Greenhouse Growers Association for the repair of greenhouses. In conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization, an estimated J$12 million (US$140,400) was made available to initiate the planting of about 50,000 crop seedlings. The Veterinary Division provided financial assistance to livestock farmers and dispatched animal technicians with prophylactic medication and vitamins to avert foot rot disease in small ruminants, including goats and sheep. The cost of the medications was estimated at J$2 million (US$23,400). The Banana Board's Catastrophe Fund, which at the time comprised J$50 million (US$585,000), delivered both monetary support and human resources to local banana and plantain farmers.{{cite report|url=http://jis.gov.jm/ministry-to-provide-financial-and-technical-support-for-farmers/|title=Ministry to Provide Financial and Technical Support for Farmers|type=Press release|publisher=Jamaica Information Service|date=2010-10-07|access-date=2011-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084901/http://jis.gov.jm/ministry-to-provide-financial-and-technical-support-for-farmers/|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}

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Eleven days after the storm, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies allocated CHF150,644 (US$156,221) to sustain the Jamaica Red Cross in distributing aid to about 500 families—or 2,500 beneficiaries—in need of life supplies. In late December 2010, the Jamaica–Canadian Association in Toronto, Ontario, raised a total of CDN$10,153.87 (US$10,221.33) in relief funds for flood victims.{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101229/news/news4.html|newspaper=The Gleaner|date=2010-12-29|access-date=2011-01-09|title=Jamaica-Canada group assists TS Nicole victims|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925123216/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101229/news/news4.html|archive-date=2015-09-25|url-status=live}} The Hanover Parish Council requested J$30 million (US$351,000) to assist the Saint James Parish Council and other municipal authorities across the country in post-storm clean-up and beautification work.{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101216/news/news4.html|title=Opposition calls for audit of Equalisation Funds|last=Luton|first=Daraine|date=2010-12-16|access-date=2011-01-10|newspaper=The Gleaner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925123227/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101216/news/news4.html|archive-date=2015-09-25|url-status=live}} A grant of J$279 million (US$3.26 million) was approved for the reconstruction of a major roadway section in Westmoreland Parish.{{cite report|type=Press release|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/jamaica/scotts-cove-belmont-road-westmoreland-be-rehabilitated|title=Scotts Cove to Belmont Road in Westmoreland to be rehabilitated|date=2011-08-12|access-date=2011-09-15|first=Alecia|last=Smith|work=ReliefWeb|publisher=Jamaica Information Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103717/http://reliefweb.int/report/jamaica/scotts-cove-belmont-road-westmoreland-be-rehabilitated|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}

In spite of the timely relief efforts, Nicole's effects were still felt for months in its wake. The gross domestic product for Jamaica, which had been suffering from a substantially slow economic growth rate, further declined following the extensive damage.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/High-growth-conditionality-not-possible-for-Ja--says-IMF-rep_8233959|title=High growth conditionality not possible for Ja, says IMF rep|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|date=2010-12-15|last=Jackson|first=Steven|access-date=2011-01-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064336/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/High-growth-conditionality-not-possible-for-Ja--says-IMF-rep_8233959|archive-date=2016-03-04}} The agriculture sector sustained slight losses from reduced egg production due to the storm's traumatizing effects on farm chickens.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Imported-eggs-needed-to-ease-shortage_8231928|title=Imported eggs needed to ease shortage|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|date=2010-12-15|author=Richardson, Julian|access-date=2011-01-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080931/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Imported-eggs-needed-to-ease-shortage_8231928|archive-date=2016-03-04}} In the face of the high repair costs, the island saw below-standard levels of holiday season consumption for 2010.{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110109/business/business5.html|title=Slow cash transactions in high-shopping season|last=Gordon|first=Sabrina|date=2011-01-09|access-date=2011-01-10|newspaper=The Gleaner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928133520/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110109/business/business5.html|archive-date=2015-09-28|url-status=live}}

References

External links

The NHC's [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/NICOLE.shtml? advisory archive for Tropical Storm Nicole]
The WPC's [http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/nicole2010.html rainfall page on Tropical Storm Nicole]

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Category:Hurricanes in the Cayman Islands

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