Tropical Storm Debby will move slowly across southern Georgia, bringing potentially historic rainfall and life-threatening flooding. Follow for live news updates.
as a dam in rural Colleton County, South Carolina, “has the potential to fail,” according to the local fire department.: one from a downed tree, one on a slick road, and two after a single-vehicle wreck. One person also died in Georgia due to a falling tree.and storms to strengthen more rapidly.
There were no overnight rescues required in Charleston, and no injuries to first responders or residents have been reported, he noted. Rainfall in any storms that develop will be enhanced by this tropical moisture and 2 to 3 inches, potentially more, could fall in a short period of time, which could easily lead to flash flooding.
The governor added that currently a lot of areas are “not experiencing rain and high winds, but both models are showing that rain will come back potentially in the worst case scenario, in a big way. Give us time to clear roads, get power crews in, help with any emergency efforts that we need to do.” Both the sheer amount of rain forecast and how quickly it’s falling is more than enough to overwhelm the city’s drainage system.The city floods quite easily — even when not facing down a prolific rainmaker — because it is low, flat and borders the ocean. Rain simply doesn’t have many natural avenues to drain away, so water pumps are a crucial point of the drainage infrastructure.
“The first half of 2024 has already broken records for the hottest days in Earth’s history, and as extreme weather continues to hit every part of the country, we must act with urgency to strengthen our aging grid to protect American communities,” US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a statement.
Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said Monday that he was “terrified” as the coastal city prepared for “a night of extensive raining and flooding.” Debby produced least two tornadoes in portions of South Carolina Monday night. The first moved through Edisto Beach — 50 miles southwest of Charleston — and the second moved through Seabrook Island — about 25 miles southwest of Charleston.Damage was reported in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, early Tuesday after a possible tornado spawned by Tropical Storm Debby moved through the area, officials said.
Town employees, including the fire department, are working “hurricane shifts” during the storm to make sure they’re able to respond quickly, if needed, Hamilton said.Debby made landfall as a hurricane in the Big Bend of Florida on Monday morning and has now crossed into Georgia. Survey teams will evaluate the tornados’ intensities and paths in the coming days. The National Weather Service in Charleston will wait to send survey teams until Debby has left the region.A string of storm watches and warnings has been issued for Debby’s forecasted path through Florida, Georgia and South Carolina this week.
Though Georgia and South Carolina have yet to see such widespread energy impacts, outages there are likely to increase as the stormSeveral more days of torrential rain and hazardous storm conditions are in store for the southeast US as Tropical Storm Debby crawls across the region. Due to Debby’s sluggish nature, some areas could be drenched by potentially historic rainfall totals of 10-20 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 30 inches.
“We plan for a once-in-a-century storm, we don’t plan for a once-in-a-millennium type storm, and that’s where we are right now,” Johnson told CNN on Monday. According to the agency in Miami, a good samaritan discovered the drugs and alerted authorities. The cocaine has a street value of more than $1 million dollars.Hurricane Debby blew 25 packages of cocaine onto a beach in the Florida Keys. Good Samaritan discovered the drugs & contacted authorities. U.S. Border Patrol seized the drugs, which have a street value of over $1 million dollars.
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