Death Toll: At least five people have been killed due to Tropical Storm Debby, including a 13-year-old boy, a truck driver, a woman, a 12-year-old boy, and a 19-year-old man .
Flooding: Debby is expected to bring heavy flooding to parts of Georgia and the Carolinas in the coming days, with a “life-threatening” flood threat due to the “slow-moving storm” dropping “torrential rains” .
Power Outages: Around 150,000 homes and businesses were without power in Florida on Monday night, with an additional 36,000 residents in Georgia and South Carolina experiencing outages .
Storm Path: Debby made landfall on Monday morning as a category one hurricane in the Big Bend region of Florida’s Gulf Coast and is forecast to skim the coast, drenching south-east Georgia and the Carolinas on Tuesday and Wednesday, before moving inland near the South Carolina coast on Thursday..
State of Emergency: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 61 of Florida’s 67 counties before the storm made landfall .
