Footage surfaced Monday morning of Hurricane Debby making landfall over Florida before she likely makes her way into the Atlantic near the Carolinas.
Hurricane Debby is bringing life-threatening conditions to the southeast on Monday and is expected to last through at least Saturday as she travels north-northwest over the Florida peninsula into the Atlantic. Footage shared by locals and storm chasers show devastation sweeping through the state.
One clip shared by storm chaser Sierra Lindsey shows what she said was the eye of Debby, which was far from calm, turning a road into a river in Horseshoe Beach in the early hours of Monday morning.
Similar scenes were captured by Heidi Hatch of KUTV of Fort Myers beach, which appears to be coated with at least a foot of water at high tide on Sunday evening.
In the eye of Hurricane #Debby now and it is not a calm eye, still very windy. We are having to retreat out of Horseshoe Beach because the surge is pushing up HARD. Road into town is now a river pic.twitter.com/oIbePLFdpK
— Sierra Lindsey (@Sierra_Lindsey3) August 5, 2024
Storm surge Tropical Storm #Debby at Fort Meyers beach during high tide. pic.twitter.com/UuUEwajW4M
— Heidi Hatch KUTV (@tvheidihatch) August 4, 2024
Howard Franklin bridge over Tampa Bay looked horrifying as wind gusts reaching 50 mph struck while countless people kept about their normal business. You really have to be a special sort of crazy, stupid, or desperate to travel in these conditions.
Life-threatening conditions were shot by storm chaser Reed Timmer as he and his team made their way toward the Suwanee River to check out the storm surge. Timmer also captured the northern eye wall on Keaton Beach as a seven to 10 inch storm surge hit the shores.
The Howard Franklin bridge over Tampa Bay is being battered by waves and gusts in the 50 mph range.
I’ve gotta say…The amount of people out driving today is a little surprising to me. #flwx #tropics #TropicalStormDebby #wxtwitter pic.twitter.com/OiRl07phhU
— CollinRL (@CollinRLwx) August 4, 2024
Update: dropping toward the Suwanee River to assess the storm surge / riverine flooding situation with Hurricane Debby. LIVE stream: https://t.co/Pgd0SlwoxZ pic.twitter.com/XTLC7ANijr
— Reed Timmer, PhD (@ReedTimmerUSA) August 5, 2024
The northern eye wall of strengthening Hurricane Debby is pushing onshore Keaton Beach to Steinhatchee, Florida, with the 7-10’ storm surge with the shore-perpendicular flow into Horseshoe Beach right now! LIVE: https://t.co/OCvVp4Yfbg pic.twitter.com/tFGNSSQyHC
— Reed Timmer, PhD (@ReedTimmerUSA) August 5, 2024
Hurricane Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida, as a Cat 1 hurricane with high winds and a strong storm surge that caused flooding. https://t.co/bX3xsjewDR pic.twitter.com/5IyeSE2SpR
— AccuWeather (@accuweather) August 5, 2024
Footage surfaced Monday morning of Hurricane Debby making landfall over Florida before she likely makes her way into the Atlantic near the Carolinas.
A combination of videos shared by AccuWeather show the sheer devastation Debby is already caused across Florida. The National Weather Service believes Debby will continue moving north before positioning herself off the coast of the Carolinas by Friday. (RELATED: Weather Radar Systems Keep Glitching And It Could Be A Huge Problem)
The risk for ongoing, prolonged rainfall, storm surges, and at life-threatening levels. Anyone living within the region needs to check all forecasts before leaving the house and avoid doing so if you can.
