Tropical storm Debby makes landfall in Florida with major flooding expected

Hurricane Debby made landfall on Monday morning, but was downgraded to a tropical storm with wind speeds of up to 130 km/h. The storm caused significant damage and flooding in Florida and Georgia, resulting in at least five deaths. In Florida, a 13-year-old boy died when a tree was blown onto his mobile home, and a truck driver was killed when his 18-wheeler plunged into a canal. The storm's centre was southwest of Savannah on Tuesday, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. The storm is expected to move offshore and approach the South Carolina coast on Thursday.

Tropical Storm Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee, a community of less than 1,000 residents on the Gulf Coast of Florida, as a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 80mph. The storm was moving northeast at 10mph and caused widespread power outages, with nearly 214,000 people without electricity in Florida on Monday morning. Debby is expected to intensify into a hurricane by Sunday night and poses a significant threat of life-threatening storm surge and unprecedented flooding. As the storm heads east, it may bring record-setting rain to coastal Georgia and South Carolina.