After emerging over the southwestern atlantic ocean, debby transitioned to a subtropical storm and made a second landfall in south carolina. Southeast and deliver torrential rainfall. After making landfall in the big bend area of florida as a category 1 hurricane on august 5, debby weakened to a tropical storm as it slowly moved across southeastern georgia and offshore before transitioning to a subtropical storm and making another landfall along the central sc coast around bulls bay between charleston and georgetown early on.
President joe biden declared that a major disaster exists in florida and ordered federal aid to supplement recovery efforts in areas hit by hurricane debby, according to a statement As it moves northeast, the storm is forecast to stall over the u.s Hurricane debby’s center made landfall near steinhatchee, fla., monday morning, bringing not only sustained winds of 80 mph but also a dire threat of flooding to the gulf coast and beyond,.
Eastern time on august 5, 2024, as a category 1 storm