Tropical Storm Debby is over the western Atlantic Ocean but is expected to shower the coastal Carolinas with rains again before it moves north. The system
Savannah Fire Advanced Firefighters Ron Strauss, top, and Andrew Stevenson, below, carry food to residents in the Tremont Park neighborhood that where stranded in stormwater from Tropical Storm Debby, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. Tropical Storm Debby is over the western Atlantic Ocean but is expected to shower the coastal Carolinas with rains again before it moves north.
The storm is expected to pick up forward speed as it spins up the Atlantic coast on Thursday and Friday and merges with a frontal boundary, forecasters said.Aviation disruptions are getting worse after thunderstorms that are being enhanced by Debby hit the New York City area, with cancellations and delayed flights at all three of the region’s major airports.
The National Weather Service says more heavy rain is possible in New York from Thursday to Saturday with tropical moisture associated with Debby.A 48-year-old man in Gulfport, Florida, was reported missing Monday after his anchored sailboat was seen partially sunk with the man’s dog on it,Brian Clough had anchored his sailboat about 50 feet from the shoreline, according to the Gulfport Police Department.
Parts of Virginia, the Middle Atlantic states, western and northern New York State and northern New England could see 3 to 6 inches of rain with local amounts reaching 8 inches through Saturday, along with a threat of flash and urban flooding.Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Tuesday afternoon based on the potential for strong winds, heavy rains and flooding that could come as Tropical Storm Debby slowly moves up the coast.
Michael Jones said downpours sent water gushing into his home Monday evening, overturning the refrigerator and causing furniture to float. “The water was just everywhere,” Jones said. “You couldn’t get out of the door. You stepped out the door and it almost felt like you stepped in a sinkhole.” And if that much rain falls inland, it could send floodwaters on an up to two-week trek to the sea, inundating homes and businesses along its path.
Colleton County fire officials sent out a warning Tuesday about the McGrady Dam near Walterboro, about 50 miles west of Charleston. They said about 50 people might be affected if the dam was breached. “No one can pinpoint exactly what areas the flooding will occur in, and we’re unsure of how bad it will be. We just know it is inevitable and want to keep our team as safe as possible,” marketing coordinator Georgena Dimitriadis wrote in an email.Officials warned Tuesday that all the water expected to fall on Georgia and South Carolina from Tropical Storm Debby could cause serious flooding downstream in Florida for days or weeks to come.
“We are blessed and highly favored for what was predicted to come our way — we got a majority of it, but we didn’t get the brunt,” Chatham County Chairman Chester Ellis said. A curfew put in place Monday night was being lifted, he said. The forecast called for more rain, some of it heavy, in Savannah in the coming days as Debby crawls offshore. The National Weather Service reported 6.68 inches of rainfall in Savannah on Monday. That’s more rain than Georgia’s oldest city saw in all of August last year.The peninsula that makes up much of the downtown and older, historic parts of Charleston, South Carolina, will remain closed Tuesday as Tropical Storm Debby spins nearby, Mayor William Cogswell said.
Kemp said that in the best case, the storm area will get another 4 or 5 inches of rain. But he warned that another model showed the storm stalling and moving back into Georgia, dumping as much as 9 additional inches of rain. Some forecasts indicate Debby could bring 10 to 15 inches of rain to rural areas of North and South Carolina that were devastated by floods in Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Florence in 2018. Each caused over $1 billion in damage and killed dozens.
The storm’s center is expected to move out over the water off the Georgia and South Carolina coast, then move back inland, so it could restrengthen, but it’s not clear how much, he said.
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