Experts have warned the worst is yet to come - with up to 20 inches of rain forecasted to fall on widespread areas in the coming days and up to 30 inches in some places.
Children are among at least six people who have died after Tropical Storm Debby caused catastrophic flooding in parts of the US. Debby made landfall along the Gulf Coast of Florida as a category 1 hurricane early on Monday before weakening to a tropical storm in the afternoon. Flood warnings were issued in coastal areas including Savannah in Georgia and Charleston in South Carolina on Monday as they were lashed by heavy rainfall.
More than 133,000 homes and businesses in Florida and around 23,300 homes in Georgia were still without power late on Monday night, data showed. The number was down from a peak of 350,000 outages earlier that day. Details of victims revealed At least six people had died due to the storm as of Monday night, including a truck driver on Interstate 75 in the Tampa area.
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