Hurricane Debby is predicted to rip through 10 US states after making landfall in Florida, according to one terrifying model.
The 80mph Category 1 storm made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region on Monday morning, leaving more than 220,000 homes without power across the region.
Most meteorologists agree the storm will continue to batter the Sunshine State before heading north-east on Tuesday through Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia.
Several of the more dramatic projections predict the storm system will barrel through Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts through the rest of the week up to Saturday.
‘Storm surge, strong winds, and heavy rainfall will impact a broad area of the Florida coastline overnight tonight and tomorrow,’ hurricane expert Dr Levi Cowan said.
Hurricane Debby is predicted to rip through 10 US states after making landfall in Florida, according to one terrifying model
Hurricane Debby is predicted to rip through 10 US states after making landfall in Florida, according to one terrifying model
Dr Cowan compiles storm path projections from trusted sources to create a map of all possible outcomes. His latest map for Debby shows it hurtling through almost the entire east coast while diminishing in strength to storm level.
Dramatic photographs show parts of Florida being hammered by torrential rain and gale-force winds as the hurricane made landfall Monday morning.
The storm hit Steinhatchee with winds of 80mph at 7am EDT according to the National Hurricane Center.
The landfall is just 20 miles from where Hurricane Idalia struck in August 2023 as a Category 3 storm with 125mph winds, causing 12 deaths.
Hurricane Debby has the potential top bring record-setting rainfall, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surges as it moves across northern Florida.
In an aerial view, a Florida National Guard vehicle drives through a flooded street from the rain and storm surge caused by Hurricane Debby on August 05, 2024, in Cedar Key, Florida
A BMW sedan is stalled in high water along southbound US Alt 19 in Tarpon Springs, Fla., Monday morning, Aug 5, 2024, as Hurricane Debby passes the Tampa Bay area offshore
Flooding is seen near homes as The Don CeSar looms in the background Monday morning, Aug. 5, 2024 in St. Pete Beach, Fla
Most meteorologists agree the storm will continue to batter the Sunshine State before heading north-east through Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia
It already caused blackouts for more than 223,500 homes and businesses in the state by 8am on Monday, according to PowerOutage.US.
The storm has also triggered travel hell, with more than 1,700 flights canceled and 15,000 delayed, FlightAware data shows.
A hurricane warning remains in place for the Florida coast from Yankeetown to Boca Grande.
Meanwhile a tropical storm warning has been issued west of Indian Pass to Mexico Beach, and from St Augustine to South Santee River in South Carolina.
A tornado watch also was in effect for much of Florida and the eastern portion of Georgia on Monday.
The 80mph Category 1 storm made landfall in Florida ’s Big Bend region on Monday morning, leaving more than 220,000 homes without power across the region
Flood water blocks a section of Dodecanese Blvd at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks, Monday morning, Aug 5, 2024, in Tarpon Springs, Florida
The 80mph Category 1 storm made landfall in Florida ’s Big Bend region on Monday morning, leaving more than 220,000 homes without power across the state
Severe flooding has been forecast (AP Photo/Christopher O´Meara)
The storm is set to strike Georgia overnight on Monday into Tuesday, before reaching South Carolina by 2am Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
North Carolina is in the danger zone by 2am on Saturday. It’s unclear from the other projections exactly when each of the 10 states will be hit by the storm system.
Debby is the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
