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David Schutz, assistant managing editor at the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
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Tropical Storm Debby made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane Monday along the Big Bend region on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Debby’s track is forecast to be similar to that of Hurricane Idalia, which hit the area in August 2023.

Debby’s center is expected to move off Georgia’s coast later Tuesday. Some strengthening is forecast on Wednesday and Thursday as Debby drifts offshore, before it moves inland over South Carolina on Thursday.

Debby’s record-setting rainfall will lead to coastal and urban flooding across a large portion of Florida through Wednesday and parts of the greater U.S. Southeast through Friday.

Here’s the latest forecast path:

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