VIDEO: Tropical Storm Debby was moving slowly along a path over the southeastern United States on Tuesday, bringing torrential downpours across parts of Georgia and South Carolina that could break or tie rainfall records in both states, forecasters said.
Debby first hit land Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane over Florida's Big Bend coast and left a trail of inundation in its wake despite weakening shortly after landfall.
On Tuesday, Debby was lingering over the southeastern U.S. and closing in on Savannah, Georgia, on a path that was forecast to take the storm through Charleston, South Carolina. As of 2 p.m. ET, Debby's center was traveling east-northeast at just 5 mph — only slightly faster than the average adult's walking speed — with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and higher gusts, the National Hurricane Center said.