Tropical Storm Debby expected to rapidly strengthen to a Category 1 hurricane and could bring historic rainfall to SoutheastTropical Storm Debby is now forecast to rapidly intensify into a hurricane before it makes landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region and bring potentially historic amounts of rainfall to parts of the Southeast, due to near-record warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico. It could become a hurricane by Sunday evening after being upgraded to a tropical storm a day prior, according to the National Hurricane Center. ET Sunday update, warning that the threats of heavy rain and storm surge could lead to flooding in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina in the coming days. Tropical storm and storm surge watches have also been issued for coastal Georgia and parts of South Carolina. Storm expected to intensify over GulfThe slower Debby moves and the longer it sits over warm waters, the more likely the storm is to intensify.

Source: CNN August 04, 2024 10:18 UTC