DeSantis Briefs Florida as Final Preparations Made for Tropical Storm Debby

Tropical Storm Debby is expected to rapidly intensify into a hurricane before making landfall in the Florida Panhandle in the early morning of Aug. 5, according to the National Hurricane Center. Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference in the Emergency Operations Center on the morning of Aug. 4 to brief residents on the current situation and outline preparation measures the state has already taken for what is expected to be a major rain and flood event in the coming days. Wind and rain from the storm’s outer bands have already begun to impact the southern part of the peninsula, and the governor suggested that Debby could become a Category 2 storm by the time it makes landfall....