4 dead, 150,000 people without power from Hurricane Debby: US
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Florida has declared a state of emergency in its 61 counties, and South Carolina received approval from the president to follow Florida's measures amid Hurricane Debby.
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Debby grew rapidly into a Category 1 hurricane thanks to an unusually warm Gulf of Mexico, on August 5, 2024. (AFP)
At least four people have died as Hurricane Debby passed through the US East Coast, leaving over 150,000 people without electricity, the NBC broadcaster reported.
A series of tragedies caused by the hurricane occurred in a few cities across the East Coast on Monday, with a woman and a 12-year-old boy dying in a car crash in Dixie County, Florida, the broadcaster reported. Before the accident, a truck driver lost control on a rain-slicked road in New Albany, Mississippi, and died from collision impact after falling into the canal. An hour after this incident, a 13-year-old boy was killed in a mobile home by a falling tree.
Approximately 153,000 people have been left without power by the hurricane across the states of Florida and Georgia, the poweroutage.us monitoring website revealed.
On Monday, Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in the state's 61 counties, while South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster received approval from President Joe Bident on early Tuesday to take the same measures as Florida.
The US National Hurricane Center reported on Monday morning that Tropical Storm Debby had evolved to the level of a hurricane, with maximum winds of 72 kilometers per hour as of 6 am GMT.
