Four killed in Florida by Debby, now a tropical storm: Live updates
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. − Hurricane Debby, now a tropical storm, roared ashore Monday along the Big Bend coast of Florida, killing at least four people, flooding streets and causing widespread power outages as the storm continued toward Georgia and South Carolina, where it's expected to bring catastrophic flooding this week."Tornadoes, catastrophic flash and urban flooding, coastal flooding, rip currents, strong gusty winds are all expected,'' in parts of the Southeast over the next several days, the National Weather Service said.Debby, the fourth named storm of what is predicted to be a historic hurricane season, made landfall Monday at 7 a.m. near the coastal town of Steinhatchee as a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Steinhatchee, about 70 miles west of Gainesville and home to some 500 people, is just 10 miles from where Hurricane Idalia came ashore last year.After more than three hours moving across northern Florida, Debb...