Wind and thunderstorms have spread over a broad area including southern Florida, the Florida Keys and the Bahamas.
Tropical Storm Debby is expected to intensify before making landfall late Sunday night into Monday morning. — Tropical Storm Debby was strengthening rapidly Sunday and was expected to become a hurricane as it churned toward Florida , bringing with it the threat of devastating floods to the southeast Atlantic coast later in the week.
Flooding impacts could last through Friday and are expected to be especially severe in low-lying areas near the coast, including Savannah, Georgia; Hilton Head, South Carolina; and Charleston, South Carolina. Debby’s outer bands grazed the west coast of Florida, flooding streets and bringing power outages. Sarasota County officials said most roadways on Siesta Key, a barrier island off the coast of Sarasota, were under water. The hurricane center predicted the system would strengthen as it curved off the southwest Florida coast, where the water has been extremely warm.
Heavy rain and flooding in Florida's Captiva Island as Tropical Storm Debby set to strengthen to a Category 1 hurricane. Flat Florida is prone to flooding even on sunny days, and the storm was predicted to bring a surge of 2 to 4 feet along most of the Gulf Coast, including Tampa Bay, with a storm tide of up to 7 feet north of there in the sparsely populated Big Bend region.
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