Rain Soaks Most of Florida

Parts of Florida have gotten as much as 13 inches of rain in 24 hours and nearly twice that in 48 hours as Tropical Storm Debby stalls off the coast near the Panhandle. The slow-moving storm, while dumping much needed rain on drought-stricken north and central Florida, is also wrecking havoc as it produces storm surge along the coasts and spawns tornadoes around the state. The storm is expected to move slowly across the state during the week.

Florida, the Sunshine State, continues to be the thoroughly sodden state, thanks to torrential rains from slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby. On Monday, Debby spawned an area of intense thunderstorms that blew up over the Florida Panhandle, just east of Apalachicola.

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