Hurricane Debby has claimed its first known victim, a 13-year-old boy who was killed when a tree fell on his family’s mobile home as the powerful storm battered Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Deputies were called to the Levy County home at approximately 8 a.m. Monday after receiving reports of a downed tree. The sheriff later confirmed the teen had been “crushed inside the home.” He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Debby walloped the Gulf Coast’s Big Bend Monday morning, approximately 100 miles north of Tampa. Debby made landfall as a Category 1 storm near Steinhatchee, a small town in Northern Florida. With sustained winds of 75 MPH, Debby brought heavy rains and flash flooding. In Georgia, the National Weather Service has predicted major flooding on some rivers: the Canoochee River near Claxton, the Ohoopee River near Reidsville and the Ogeechee River near Eden. Although those rivers have not yet hit flood stage, authorities warn that their water levels could double as the storm passes through.
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