Tropical Storm Debby takes aim at Savannah and Charleston

Savannah and Charleston could get 20 inches of rain as the storm moves slowly up the south-east US.

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At least five people were killed after it slammed into Florida as a category one hurricane before weakening to a tropical storm.

Early on Tuesday morning its centre was 50 miles southwest of Savannah, Georgia, and 130 miles southwest of Charleston, South Carolina.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of a "life-threatening" flood threat as the slow-moving storm soaks part of the US southeast.

Rainfall of 10 to 20 inches (25cm-50cm) could bring catastrophic flooding to parts of southeast Georgia, the eastern half of South Carolina, and southeast North Carolina, the NHC said.

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