Hurricane Debby Moves Inland, Starts Slow Crawl to Carolinas

Hurricane Debby continues its push deeper into the Florida Panhandle after making landfall in the Big Bend region around 7 a.m. EDT on Aug. 5.

In its 8 a.m. intermediate advisory, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) stated Debby is “expected to bring major flooding over the southeastern U.S. during the next few days.”

Hurricane Debby had reached maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane.

Hurricane-force winds (74 mph or greater) extend 25 miles out from the storm’s center and tropical-storm-force winds (39 mph to 73 mph) extend 140 miles out from its center.

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