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Tropical Storm Debby Caused heavy Destruction in Florida, Power Cut in 250,000 Homes

Isn't the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Debby enormous? Even after such a horrific scene, the Governor of Florida Ron Desantis dismissed it and said that Storm Debby did not cause as much damage to Florida as the previous storms had caused.

During the monsoon, a storm wreaked havoc in Florida, United States, doubling the Problems of Netizens of US. Heavy rain and strong storm turned the whole of Florida into a scene of devastation. Continuous downpour for multiple days kept people scared of their homes in major parts of Florida state. The Weather department noted, 
"This potentially historic rainfall will likely result in areas of catastrophic flooding in parts of Georgia and South Carolina" 

Watch: A Glimpse of Destruction Caused by Tropic Storm Debby in Florida 


You can see in the video how heavy rain is ready to submerge the entire region of Florida with its wrath. The storm is so strong that anyone can easily fly in it, the trees are moving so fast. Looking at the road it seems as if it is not a road but a "swimming pool".

Tropical Storm Debby Uproots Hundreds of Trees as It Moves Inland

According to the official report of the States as Debby Moved Inland, it has caused huge flooding, inundating and strong storm in the inland areas. Debby storm has wreaked havoc in Florida, hundreds of trees have been uprooted, thousands of trees have been broken from the main Branch, many small houses have been destroyed. 

Earlier, the American Weather Agency had expressed strong Possibility of a strong tropical storm, which also raised the possibility of disaster. This strong tropical storm was named "Debby". Debby was not that scary in the initial days, but just as the storm hit the Florida Gulf Coast, it continued to intensify even more. The Heaviest impact of this terrible storm was Experienced in the Coastal regions of the Florida Gulf.

Tropical Storm Debby Knocks Out Power to 250,000 Florida Homes

The Centre has evaluated some figures of this devastation, according to which electric power has been cut off to 250,000 homes in costal areas. Actually, the Centre had estimated that the height of the storm would be 3 metres above the ground level, but in some extremely affected areas it could reach within 10 metres.

The National Hurricane Centre has issued a direct warning for coastal areas and appealed to people to stay in their homes. The NHC also stated that after the storm intensifies, dew could reach 1.8 to 3 meters above the ground level, due to which there is a High chances of flooding in the impacted regions.

NWS Miami Shared this on Twitter, Giving Alarming Alert of thunderstorm and Tropical Depression in South Florida,  

"9 AM radar/satellite update :The first bands of showers and thunderstorms associated with Tropical Depression 4 (TD4) have started moving over South Florida this morning. Storm coverage will continue to increase throughout the day as TD4 moves over the Florida Straits." 

Chief Metrologists ED Piotrowski warned of "Catastrophic Flooding"
Chief Metrologist Ed Piotrowski gave his opinion on this warned about the possibility of "catastrophic flooding" in South Carolina and Georgia and "Enormous" amounts of rainfall.

"Tropical Storm Debby made landfall as a hurricane around 7 am this morning in the Big Bend of Florida. Moving forward, steering currents will be very weak Tuesday through Thursday, resulting in Debby moving painstakingly slow and dropping enormous amounts of rain. 

"This strong wording from the National Hurricane Center says it all: "This potentially historic rainfall will likely result in areas of catastrophic flooding in parts of Georgia and South Carolina"." 

Governor Emphasised that the Storm was not as Severe as Previous Storms

Even after such a horrific scene, the Governor of Florida Ron Desantis  dismissed it and said that Storm Debby did not cause as much damage to Florida as the previous storms had caused.

There is going to be damage from the storm, there has been, there will be," DeSantis said. "But compared to some of the things Floridians have been used to in the last five or 10 years…This is not Hurricane Michael, this is not Hurricane Ian, but it is a very saturating, wet storm.”

"And I think that’s the way to do it. We want to make sure we’re prepared for the worst and hope for the best. You never want to have a storm, but compared to Ian and even Idalia, this one is not leaving the same destruction in its wake. We know there’s a lot of water, we know that presents hazards and we’ll be ready to work accordingly.”


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