Horrifying pictures show the devastating impact from Hurricane Debby as it rips across the South – here’s where it’s yet to strike

Shocking footage shows the devastating impact of Hurricane Debby after the storm made landfall in Big Bend, Florida.

Heavy rainfall has so far caused significant damage and killed at least five people, two of them children.

The center of Debby is located about 60 miles (96 kilometers) north-northwest of Jacksonville, Florida. Experts expect the tropical storm to produce historic amounts of rain and cause catastrophic flooding from northern Florida to southeastern North Carolina overnight Friday into Saturday.

Although maximum sustained winds have now slowed to about 45 mph (72 kph), the storm has devastated much of Florida’s Gulf Coast, downing power lines, flooding streets and toppling trees.

Charleston could see more than two feet of rain over the next five days, while Savannah could see its typical summer-long rainfall in the same period, prompting both cities to be placed under mandatory curfews.

The storm is expected to move slowly eastward through Georgia and then into the Atlantic on Tuesday. Debby will turn north and strengthen on Wednesday before making landfall in South Carolina on Thursday evening.

North Carolina will also be affected, with the storm expected to arrive there sometime on Friday.

While the storm largely passes Florida, more than 133,000 customers were still without power as of 1 a.m. ET, according to the state. poweroutage.us.

In Georgia, that number is over 28,000. That number is likely to rise as the wind and rain intensify through Tuesday morning.

All this comes as authorities release the latest death toll from the devastating storm: five people have died so far, four in Florida and one in Georgia.

A 19-year-old died Monday afternoon in Moultrie, Georgia after a tree fell on the side of a home, the latest fatality.

Moultrie is located in southern Georgia, approximately 200 miles south of Atlanta.

A similar tragedy occurred in Levy County, Florida, where a 13-year-old boy was crushed to death by a tree that fell on his mobile home, the first life lost to the storm.

The second fatality occurred early Monday morning in a tractor-trailer near Tampa. The 64-year-old Mississippi man lost control on the icy road and plunged off a freeway bridge into a canal, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

“The vehicle spun, struck a concrete guardrail on the outside of the shoulder and went over the wall,” the highway patrol wrote in a news release after the incident.

“The trailer came to rest hanging from the bridge, with the cab separating and landing in the Tampa Bypass Canal.”

Heartbreaking photos show members of the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue team in Florida pulling the truck out of the water.

A 38-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were also killed in a car crash in Dixie County, Florida, on Sunday evening.

A 14-year-old boy who was also in the car is in critical condition, CNN reported.

Witnesses to the single-vehicle crash told police the car lost control and “hit the guardrail in the median strip, then changed direction, overturned and left the right-hand lane,” the highway patrol statement said.

According to police, none of the three people were wearing a seat belt.

In Gulfport, a city near Tampa, a man’s body was found by police after witnesses said he had anchored his sailboat near Gulfport’s Veteran’s Park. FOX 13 reported.

The man’s identity has not yet been established, but it is believed to be 48-year-old Brian Clough who is on the boat.

Clough reportedly lives on his boat with his dog, who was rescued by nearby boaters.

Further south, in Sarasota, Florida, police and emergency workers raced through flooded streets and successfully evacuated about 500 people from submerged homes.

The city, located about 60 miles (96 kilometers) from Tampa, received more than a foot (30 centimeters) of rain from the storm, enough to last more than a month.

The extreme flooding in Debby also caused damage to critical infrastructure across the state.

An example of this can be found in southern Hillsborough County, near Tampa, where a 15-foot stretch of road completely collapsed after a dormant sinkhole was ripped open by flowing water.

On Monday, officials closed the road to traffic.

As Debby moves slowly over land, some areas could drop 10 to 30 inches of rain, potentially causing further damage to roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure.

As the situation in the south worsens, governors are taking their response strategies seriously.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has deployed 2,000 National Guard members to assist with evacuations and rescue efforts.

Roy Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, a state that has not yet been hit, has declared a preemptive state of emergency.

President Joe Biden has also declared states of emergency in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, a move that will mobilize emergency aid.