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Erich MartinDebby barreled into the Panhandle Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, leaving widespread power outages in its wake. Officials are urging patience as crews work to turn the lights back on. Duke Energy hopes to restore power to residents in areas it considers hardest hit by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. That includes customers in Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla and Madison counties. -
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/FR171643 AP15 roads will be fully repaired and resurfaced.
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Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee in Florida's Big Bend at Monday at 7 a.m., with sustained winds of 80 mph. -
Debby will continue to bring storms with flash flooding possible Tuesday. -
Gov. DeSantis said Sunday that Debby is likely to cause flooding as it brings more water than the stronger Hurricane Idalia, which followed a similar path last year. -
The region has already been saturated over the past several weeks and the storm is expected to bring up to a foot of rain as it impacts the Big Bend. That’s raising concerns about flooding—and has state and local agencies warning residents not to try to drive through flooded roads. -
Tropical Storm Debby will travel over very warm waters Sunday and will likely reach the Big Bend as a hurricane early Monday. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis is warning of flooding statewide from Tropical Storm Debby, which is expected to make landfall as a hurricane Monday close to Tallahassee. -
The latest National Hurricane Center forecast has the system making a landfall as a category 1 hurricane near the Big Bend area of Florida Monday afternoon. Some locations in North Florida could receive up to 12 inches of rainfall . -
Tropical Depression 4 is officially Tropical Storm Debby, it enters the Gulf of Mexico and the ingredients are there for it to intensify, and slow down. Bad combination. -
Meteorologist Megan Borowski from the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network says that the system is forecasted to enter the Gulf today and intensify. She says the system appears to be slightly more to the west than earlier forecasts predicted and that means it will stay over the Gulf longer. -
Tyndall AFB will rebuild its marina six years after a massive storm destroyed it.
