Tropical Storm Debby Leaves at Least Seven Dead After Passing through the US
A damaged Arby’s restaurant after Tropical Storm Debby made landfall in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, USA, 07 August 2024. According to the National Hurricane Center, Debby made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend as a hurricane and is now a tropical storm that can produce potentially historic heavy rainfall across southeast Georgia, part of South Carolina, and southeast North Carolina. Photo: EFE/EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH
August 11, 2024 Hour: 4:22 pm
Tropical storm Debby left at least seven dead, flooded areas and thousands of people without electrical fluid after its passage through the United States and Canada.
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According to media reports, among the dead are a 12-year-old boy and a woman who died in a car accident in Dixie County, Florida on August 5.
Meanwhile, in New Albany, Mississippi, a trucker lost control and rushed into a canal, while a tree fell on top of a mobile home and killed a 13-year-old boy.
Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania and southern New York, a dozen people were trapped in their homes by the aftermath of the weather.
After the Debby facility entered Canada, heavy rainfall hit a record in Montreal, making it one of the most severe weather events this year in the region.
The National Weather Service (MWS) posted on social network X: “Thunderstorms can cause prolonged flash floods in rivers in southeastern Virginia and central North Carolina. Monsoon thunderstorms will continue to generate isolated flash flood potential in Southern California and the Southwest”.
Debby started to wreak havoc on August 5 last year and from that moment on caused havoc in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York and others on the east coast of the US. and Canada.
Autor: ACJ
Fuente: Sputnik // @NWS// teleSURtv.net
