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Nicole Valdes

Nicole Valdes is a CBS News correspondent based in Nashville.

Valdes was most recently a weather correspondent with FOX Weather. Since joining FOX Weather in 2021, Valdes covered breaking and developing weather-related news for the streaming service. She reported from nearly 40 states, leading network coverage of Hurricane Ian's impact on Florida, as well as countless tornadoes, flood, and wildfires.

As a proud bilingual journalist, Valdes put her skills forward to produce and report an in-depth piece on Hurricane Maria's impact to Puerto Rico. Prior to this role, Valdes worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor in Phoenix, Arizona, where she led the station's coverage of the 2020 Presidential election. She was also a multimedia journalist for the CBS-affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida.

Valdes graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville.

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