Debby Downgrades to Tropical Storm, Threatens Southeast With Potentially Catastrophic Flooding
HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla.—Tropical Storm Debby reached Florida’s gulf coast early Monday as a hurricane, bringing with it the potential for catastrophic flooding as it slowly passes over the northern part of the state. It was later downgraded to a tropical storm, but forecasters warned that record-setting rain could pummel coastal Georgia and South Carolina in