Tropical Storm Debby is moving away from Florida, leaving behind significant flooding and at least four deaths, as it is now headed towards the states of Georgia and South Carolina.
According to Local 10 News, a truck driver died on Interstate 75 in the Tampa area after losing control of his truck and trailer, which overturned on a concrete wall and was left hanging over the edge before the cab fell into the water.
Sheriff's office divers located the driver, a 64-year-old man from Mississippi, in the cab 40 feet (12 meters) below the surface, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Another victim was a 13-year-old boy, who died after a tree fell on a mobile home located southwest of Gainesville, according to the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
Meanwhile, a 38-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy died in a car accident on wet roads in Dixie County, east of the Big Bend region, where the storm made landfall on Sunday night. The Florida Highway Patrol said that a 14-year-old boy who was a passenger was hospitalized with serious injuries.
CNN reported that urban search and rescue teams are going door to door in two coastal communities in Florida that were hard hit to assess the impact of Debby.
"A strong presence of the National Guard and Urban Search and Rescue teams from Florida, coming from Task Forces 1 and 2, is in the county and is assisting the coastal communities of Suwannee and Horseshoe Beach," announced Dixie County Fire Rescue, a fire unit, on Facebook.
On the other hand, social media has echoed the floods in several areas of Florida.
The state governor, Ron DeSantis, said that about 17,000 electrical line installers are working to restore power, as it was reported that more than 350,000 customers were left without electricity in Florida and Georgia, according to PowerOutage.us and Georgia Electric Membership Corp.
Additionally, he warned residents of the affected areas to wait until conditions are safe.
Debby arrived in Florida as a category 1 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h. It weakened and slowly moved northeast at about 17 km/h.
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