After causing four deaths in its path Floridathe tropical storm Debby entered this Monday in Georgia and threatens to cause rain and “catastrophic flooding” in several areas of southeastern USA.
Two of the victims, a 38-year-old female driver and a 12-year-old boy who were traveling together in a car, died Sunday night in a crash in Dixie, in northwest Florida.
The woman lost control of the vehicle due to bad weather conditions and crashed into a guardrail, local authorities said.
In another traffic accident, a 64-year-old man crashed his semi-trailer into a wall and, after the cabin became detached, fell into a canal near Tampa, where emergency services found his body.
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The fourth victim was a 13-year-old boy who was in his family’s mobile home when a tree downed by the storm crushed him.
Debby made landfall in Florida as a hurricane of category 1 -on a scale of 5- before weakening and becoming a powerful tropical storm.
The natural formation moved towards Georgia overnight and is expected to move away from the coastline before approaching the coast of Georgia again. South Carolina on Thursday, according to the latest bulletin from the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
“This is a level 4 out of 4 risk of excessive rainfall,” he added to the press. Michael Brennandirector of the NHC.
“This will result in a prolonged extreme rainfall event with the potential for catastrophic flooding across coastal portions of Georgia, South Carolina, and even extending into North Carolina,” he added.
The governors of Georgia and South Carolina have declared a state of emergency in anticipation of Debby’s arrival.
According to the NHC, the storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h (47 mph) as it moved into Georgia on Monday night.
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In some areas of that state, in addition to South Carolina and North Carolinastorm surge warnings have been issued, indicating the possibility of dangerous flooding due to rising sea levels.
Florida Governor, Ron DeSantisreported that about 250,000 residents in his state were without power after Debby.
“Please be very careful when you go out,” he said, adding that the storm’s winds were not as damaging as those of other hurricanes that have hit Florida.
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2024-08-08 09:09:13