Storm Debby to hit the Northeast with huge rainfall, flooding and tornadoes
Mid-Atlantic and northeastern states are set to be inundated with rain and severe weather from the remnants of Debby on Friday and into the weekend, bringing dangerous flash flooding and the threat of tornadoes.
Mid-Atlantic and northeastern states are set to be inundated with rain and severe weather from the remnants of Debby on Friday and into the weekend, bringing dangerous flash flooding and the threat of tornadoes.
Flood warnings and watches are in place from the Carolinas up to New England, the National Weather Service warned in an update early Friday, with rainfall reaching 15 to 25 inches in places.
Along Debby's northeastern path, many areas will receive 3 to 7 inches of rain, enough to produce "considerable to locally catastrophic flooding impacts through tomorrow morning," the weather service said. At least seven people are known to have died as a result of Debby.
Debby has weakened since it first arrived in the United States and was downgraded to a tropical depression Thursday, after making its second landfall in South Carolina. It was downgraded again Friday to a post-tropical storm with winds of 30 mph. It is moving northeast at 35 mph.
Its main threat still remains to be the sheer amount of rain it can produce.
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