TAMPA, Fla.—Hurricane Debby has made landfall Monday in northern Florida as a Category 1 storm.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Debby has maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (129 kph). The storm made landfall in Steinhatchee, a tiny community of less than 1,000 residents in the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Forecasters warned heavy rain could spawn catastrophic flooding in Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Debby is the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
TAMPA, Fla.—The center of Hurricane Debby is expected to reach the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday bringing potential record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding, and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly across the northern part of the state before stalling over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina….