Debby made landfall as a Category 1 Hurricane Monday morning in Florida and parts of Georgia will be impacted.
The storm has since been downgraded to a Tropical Storm.
At least four people, including two children, were killed in Florida. At least one person has been killed in Georgia, according to WALB.
The National Hurricane Center says Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida on the state’s Big Bend.
Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan says Debby is expected to bring life-threatening storm surges to parts of Florida and major flooding in the Southeast.
Now that Debby has made landfall, its winds are expected to weaken over land, according to Monahan.
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2:07 p.m.
Vice President Kamala Harris has postponed her planned visit to Savannah this week due to the storm.
The effects of Hurricane Debby are already being felt across south Georgia. Here are some damages from Berrien and Thomas counties. pic.twitter.com/Bk8e7IAu55
— GEMA/HS (@GeorgiaEMAHS) August 5, 2024
1:52 p.m.
Four people are now reported dead as Debby lashes the southeast. A 13-year-old boy was killed when a tree fell on his home in Cedar Key, Florida on Monday morning.
In Hillsboro County, Florida, a semi-truck driver was killed when his truck went into a canal. In Dixie County, a driver lost control due to the weather, killing a 28-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy. A 13-year-old boy was also seriously injured.
12:35 p.m.
FEMA has been deployed to parts of Georgia to help with the emergency response.
11:56 a.m.
Rain bands are already starting to lash Georgia’s southeast coast.
Footage of impacts from Hurricane Debby from outside of Camden and Lowndes County Emergency Operations Center. pic.twitter.com/vdg3EjiHfA
— GEMA/HS (@GeorgiaEMAHS) August 5, 2024
11:33 a.m.
A 13-year-old boy was killed when a tree fell on a mobile home in Levy County, Florida on Monday morning.
The teen was not identified.
11:18 a.m.
Georgia emergency officials said they are expecting “unprecedented” levels of rainfall and that they are expecting that areas that normally don’t flood will flood.
11:10 a.m.
Debbie has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it approaches Georgia.
10:56 a.m.
Georgia Power has mobilized restoration teams to respond to potential power outages.
10:23 a.m.
GEMA director Chris Stallings is warning people in coastal and low-lying areas in Georgia to get out while they can. Stallings said 15+ inches of rain are expected in the Chatham County and Tybee Island areas.
10 a.m.
Gov. Brian Kemp has deployed 2,000 Georgia National Guard troops to south Georgia.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Brooks, Clinch, Echols, Lanier and Lowndes counties in Georgia.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Chatham, Coffee, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Tattnall, Toombs, Ware, Wayne and Wheeler counties in Georgia.
Here is what you need to know for Monday:
- Hurricane warning issued for Brooks, Clinch, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes counties in Georgia
- Tropical storm warning issued for Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Chatham, Coffee, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Tattnall, Toombs, Ware, Wayne, Wheeler counties in Georgia
- Areas in South Georgia, Florida and even in the Carolinas will see days of heavy rainfall
- Potentially catastrophic flooding is expected in these areas
- Showers and breezy weather will impact parts of north Georgia early this week. Most widespread rain will be well east of Atlanta.
- Debby will stall and drift around the southeast later this week. Potential for more widespread rain in north Georgia late this week.