Hurricane Debby Makes Landfall in Florida, Brings ‘Life-Threatening’ Conditions

Published on August 5, 2024

Hurricane Debby made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 1 storm on Monday morning, according to federal forecasters. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the storm, which has a maximum of 80 mph sustained winds, hit Steinhatchee, Florida, right after 7 a.m. ET, and it’s expected to bring a “life-threatening storm surge” across Florida’s western coast and “major flooding” in the southeastern United States. Steinhatchee is a small community in Taylor County with about 1,000 residents. The storm is now moving to the northeast at 10 mph, the NHC said. Already, about 230,000 customers were without power in Florida on Monday, according to a live tracker provided by PowerOutage.us....

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