September 19, 2024
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp has activated up to 2,000 Georgia National Guard troops to aid the response to Hurricane Debby, which made landfall Monday morning in the Big Bend region of Florida as a Category 1 storm.
With sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, the hurricane is expected to bring heavy rains and flooding as it sweeps across South Georgia.
The National Hurricane Center is predicting six to 12 inches of rain for the Golden Isles along the Southeast Georgia coast, and potentially up to 20 inches of rain, The Brunswick News reported.
“Potentially historic heavy rainfall across Southeast Georgia and South Carolina through Friday morning will likely result in areas of severe and widespread flash and urban flooding,” the hurricane center reported.
The heaviest rainfall was expected from Monday morning through Tuesday night.
A tropical storm warning has been issued for parts of Coastal Georgia and the Lowcountry of South Carolina, with Debby expected to become a tropical storm by Monday night as it moves over land.
