Hurricane Debby

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79-Year-Old Letter in Bottle Found After Hurricane Debby

The letterhead is from a Navy base in Virginia

(Newser) - A World War II-era message in a bottle that traveled from a Navy training beach in Virginia to the Tampa area was apparently uncovered by Hurricane Debby. Suzanne Flament-Smith tells the Washington Post that she spotted the corked glass bottle with a handwritten letter inside while she was cleaning up...

Hurricane Debby Dumps $1M in Cocaine on Florida Beach
Hurricane Debby Apparently
Brought a Lot of Cocaine
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Aug 10, 2024 12:00 PM CDT

Hurricane Debby Apparently Brought a Lot of Cocaine

Storm dumps packages worth $1M on beaches in the Florida Keys

(Newser) - Hurricane Debby is wreaking havoc in the South this week, with Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina its biggest targets, but the storm system brought a little something extra to the Sunshine State, per the AP : 70 pounds of cocaine, worth about $1 million, that washed up in the Florida Keys,...

Intense Flooding After Debby Slams East Coast

High-water rescues are in full force in New York, Pennsylvania

(Newser) - First responders launched high-water and helicopter rescues of people trapped in cars and homes in rural New York and Pennsylvania as heavy rain from the remnants of Debby slammed the Northeast with intense floods. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro declared states of emergency. More than...

Debby's Final Chapter Will Be 'a Dangerous One'

Storm could cause dangerous flooding through the weekend

(Newser) - The remnants of Debby picked up the pace Friday, moving north and northeast from the Carolinas and still packing a punch with heavy rains, flash flooding, and the threat of tornadoes. The Mid-Atlantic states and parts of New York and New England will see significant rainfall that could cause dangerous...

Tropical Storm Debby Makes Landfall Again

Storm is 'creeping inland' across South Carolina

(Newser) - In an encore nobody is applauding, Tropical Storm Debby made landfall a second time early Thursday. The storm—which first made landfall in the US as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday—made landfall near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, around 20 miles northeast of Charleston, CNN reports.
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Moving on From Florida, Debby Dumps on Southeast

Georgia, South Carolina brace for a lot of rain from slow-moving storm

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Debby has moved menacingly into some of America's most historic Southern cities, reports the AP , bringing prolonged downpours and flooding Tuesday after slamming into Florida and prompting the rescue of hundreds. Record-setting rain from the storm that killed at least five people in Florida and Georgia...

Boy Killed in Mobile Home as Hurricane Blows Through

Tree was felled by Hurricane Debby in Levy County, Florida

(Newser) - The worst effects of Hurricane Debby are supposed to unfold over the next few days in the form of potentially catastrophic flooding in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. But the storm has been blamed for a wind-related death only hours after making landfall in Florida . The Levy County Sheriff's...

'The Word Historic Cannot Be Underscored Here'
'Historic' Debby
Makes Landfall in Florida
UPDATED
Aug 5, 2024 6:34 AM CDT

'Historic' Debby Makes Landfall in Florida

Hurricane will bring heavy rain to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

(Newser) - Hurricane Debby made landfall Monday in northern Florida as a Category 1 storm, per the AP . The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Debby, with maximum sustained winds of 80mph, made landfall in Steinhatchee, a tiny community of less than 1,000 residents in the Big Bend area of Florida'...

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