ORLANDO, Fla. – Debby officially made landfall Monday in the Florida Big Bend region as a Category 1 hurricane.
As of 11 a.m., Debby has maximum sustained winds at 70 mph and is 35 miles west of Lake City, Florida, and about 120 miles south of Valdosta, Georgia. The storm is heading north-northeast at 10 mph. It is now back to tropical storm status.
Debby made landfall around 7 a.m. near Steinhatchee in the Florida Big Bend region. Debby is the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
In Central Florida, rounds of tropical downpours will continue Monday.
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Debby will move slowly across northern Florida and southern Georgia on Monday and Tuesday. It will then weaken after the storm moves inland.
The NHC also highlighted a new area in the Atlantic being monitored for development. That tropical wave has a 10% chance of developing into a tropical system in the next two days and a 20% chance in the next seven days.
Hurricane season runs through November.
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