Over 2,200 Flights Canceled As Hurricane Debby Makes Landfall In Florida

Category-1 Hurricane Debby made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend area earlier today, powered by winds of 80 mph. The phenomenon has brought “historic amounts of rainfall” and the cancellation of over 2,200 flights across the affected counties, authorities have reported.

Forecasters predict that wins will lose strength through the day, but heavy rain will remain a serious threat as the storm continues to the East Coast into the Carolinas and Georgia from tonight.

“This is going to be the story of this storm,” said Jamie Rhome, the deputy director of the National Hurricane Center (NHC). “Its slow motion is going to dump historical amounts of rainfall – potentially over

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