{"id":8372,"date":"2024-08-08T15:07:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T10:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=8372"},"modified":"2024-08-08T15:07:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T10:07:33","slug":"tropical-storm-debby-makes-second-landfall-in-south-carolina-bringing-heavy-rain-threat-to-mid-atlantic-and-northeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/world\/tropical-storm-debby-makes-second-landfall-in-south-carolina-bringing-heavy-rain-threat-to-mid-atlantic-and-northeast\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Debby Makes Second Landfall in South Carolina, Bringing Heavy Rain Threat to Mid-Atlantic and Northeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tropical Storm Debby has made a second landfall in South Carolina, bringing with it the threat of heavy rain and flooding to the East Coast, all the way up to Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Debby&#8217;s Path of Destruction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Debby first came ashore as a Category 1 hurricane early Monday on the Florida Gulf Coast.<\/li><li>It made its second landfall early Thursday near Bulls Bay, South Carolina.<\/li><li>The storm is expected to weaken as it moves inland but will continue to dump rain.<\/li><li>Up to 9 inches of additional rain is forecast for parts of eastern South Carolina and southeast North Carolina, raising concerns of flooding.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Impact on Communities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In South Carolina, residents are already dealing with flood damage. Some areas have seen up to 8 inches of rain.<\/li><li>At least four dams were breached in Bulloch County, Georgia, leading to rescues and road closures.<\/li><li>Heavy rain has also been reported in communities as far north as the Great Lakes, New York, and New Jersey.<\/li><li>Flash flooding is a concern in New York City, with emergency officials warning residents in basement apartments to be prepared to evacuate.<\/li><li>Nearly 330,000 customers in Ohio are without power following severe storms associated with Debby.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Looking Ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Governors in North Carolina and Virginia have declared states of emergency in preparation for Debby&#8217;s impact.<\/li><li>Maryland has issued a state of preparedness declaration.<\/li><li>The National Hurricane Center is tracking Debby&#8217;s path and will continue to issue updates.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tropical Storm Debby has made a second landfall in South Carolina, bringing with it the threat of heavy rain and flooding to the East Coast, all the way up to Vermont. Debby&#8217;s Path of Destruction Debby first came ashore as a Category 1 hurricane early Monday on the Florida Gulf Coast. It made its second [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}