ATLANTA, 9th August, 2024 (WAM) -- Tropical Storm Debby was downgraded to a tropical depression on Thursday after leaving at least seven people dead in its wake across the US southeast this week.
Debby is currently spiralling northward toward Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York, where it's forecast to spawn a few tornadoes and threaten more flash flooding on some already soaked patches of the US, Reuters reported, citing forecasters.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said in a bulletin that while Debby would continue to weaken through Sunday, “heavy rain, flash and river flooding effects will continue over the next two days as the storm begins its northeastward acceleration.”
Debby made landfall on Thursday for a second time this week, arriving on shore again near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, three days after slamming into Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane, then travelling across northern Florida and Georgia to the Atlantic Coast.
Debby could spawn a few tornadoes in North Carolina and Virginia later Thursday and early Friday, including in the vicinity of Washington, DC, the NWS said.