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STORY: :: Hurricane Debby causes damage and severe flooding in these Florida towns

:: August 5, 2024

:: Tampa, Florida

:: Lora Bevirt

:: @ErnieVanderwalt via X

:: Manatee County, Florida

The storm drenched northern Florida and killed at least six people as the downgraded hurricane churned toward Georgia and the Carolinas, threatening a week of torrential downpours and flooding across the region.

The slow-moving storm plowed into Florida's Gulf Coast around 7 a.m. (1100 GMT) on Monday (August 5) morning as a Category 1 hurricane, making landfall near Steinhatchee about 70 miles (115 km) southeast of Tallahassee, the National Hurricane Center said.

The storm carried hurricane-force winds of up to 80 mph (130 kph) when it struck in the Big Bend region - where the state's Panhandle meets its main north-south Peninsula - but speeds ebbed as Debby pushed over land.

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