Four Dead After Hurricane Hits Florida

Hurricane Debby has landed in Florida and has already killed four people in the Sunshine State.

On Monday morning, Hurricane Debby landed in Florida, causing widespread power outages, flooding, and road closures.

One of the four people reported dead was a 13-year-old boy when a tree fell on top of his house.

A driver of an 18-wheeler was also killed after his truck fell into the Tampa bypass canal.

Here are some scenes of the hurricane:

Hurricane Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida, as a Cat 1 hurricane with high winds and a strong storm surge that caused flooding. https://t.co/bX3xsjewDR pic.twitter.com/5IyeSE2SpR

— AccuWeather (@accuweather) August 5, 2024

In the eye of Hurricane #Debby now and it is not a calm eye, still very windy. We are having to retreat out of Horseshoe Beach because the surge is pushing up HARD. Road into town is now a river pic.twitter.com/oIbePLFdpK

— Sierra Lindsey (@Sierra_Lindsey3) August 5, 2024

Here’s what The Guardian reported:

Hurricane Debby has killed at least four people in Florida after making landfall in the state’s Big Bend coastal region on Monday morning – while also leaving residents to grapple with widespread power outages, flooding and road closures.

Among those reported dead are a 13-year-old boy in Fanning Springs who was killed when a tree fell on top of a house.

Authorities also said the driver of an 18-wheeler was killed after his rig partially fell into the Tampa bypass canal in Hillsborough county. First responders later found the body of the driver in the truck’s cab about 40ft below the canal’s surface.

Meanwhile, as Debby approached and weather conditions deteriorated on Sunday night, a woman and a 12-year-old boy died after the car they were in crashed on a road in Dixie county.

Debby reached the Big Bend coast of Florida early on Monday, bringing with it the potential for record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly across the northern part of the state before stalling over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina.

BREAKING NEWS: Hurricane Debby has made landfall in Steinhatchee, FL as a Category 1 hurricane@wis10 pic.twitter.com/EcrqxzFplG

— Jordyn Markhoff (@JordynMarkhoff) August 5, 2024

Per Voz Media:

“Debby” made landfall Monday morning in the state of Florida and since then its consequences have not ceased to be felt in the region.

The hurricane, which made landfall on the Big Bend coast, left at least four people dead as it passed through the Sunshine State, authorities reported.

The first victim was the driver of an 18-wheeler. The 64-year-old man driving, originally from New Albany, Mississippi, lost control of his vehicle around 2:30 a.m., the Florida Highway Patrol told NBC News.

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The driver’s body was recovered by Hillsborough County Fire Rescue who also recovered the truck and transported it to a Stepps Towing location for inspection.

A 13-year-old boy became the second victim of “Debby.” As explained by the Levy County Sheriff’s Office, the young boy died when a tree fell on a mobile home and authorities found his body when they responded to a call for help at 8 a.m.