Tropical Storm Debby updates

Hurricane Debby has downgraded to a tropical storm in the past eight hours as it continues to causes widespread damage across northern Florida making its way towards the east coast.

Winds are now sustained to 50 mph as the pressure continues to increase as it cuts off from the Gulf of Mexico. The storm originally struck the Florida coast as a category 1 hurricane with winds sustained up to 80 mph.

So far, there have been four deaths due to Debby ranging from crashes to a tree falling on a 13 year-old boy while he was in his home.

Radar estimated rainfall totals have surpassed the double digit mark in the past 24 hours across the west coast of Florida with areas west of Jacksonville and Sarasota seeing just over 14". This has lead to widespread flooding issues along with combined issues from larger storm surges seen earlier today.

The current track of Debby seems to track back towards the east coast through Georgia and arrives into South Carolina early Tuesday morning bringing dangerous flooding and storm surges.

By Wednesday night, North Carolina sees the effects of Debby with widespread flooding continuing to remain the main threat.