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From City of Ocala Public Information Office As the community continues to battle with the effects of Tropical Storm Debby, City of Ocala crews have been working through the night responding to power outages and flood reports. A sandbagging operation has been started at Tuscawilla Park at the 800 block …
Read More »Sandbags available in Bradford County
From Bradford County Emergency Management Due to the large amount of local rainfall from Tropical Storm Debby, areas in the City of Starke and Bradford County are experiencing flooding concerns. This includes properties along Alligator Creek, N Water Street, areas of Griffis Loop, NE 14 Avenue off CR230, and US301 remains …
Read More »Cedar Key residents take Tropical Storm Debby in stride
Cedar Key in Levy County is no stranger to tropical weather. The community has had several bouts with strong storms through the years. Chief of Police, Virgil Sandlin, talked with WUFT Meteorologist Jeff Huffman about the damage to the docks and his concerns for the area residents from Tropical Storm Debby. …
Read More »Heavy rain causing dangerous driving hazards on I-75
Many North Central Florida counties are under a tornado watch until 5 a.m. Monday because of Tropical Storm Debby. Throughout Sunday heavy rains caused trouble spots on Interstate 75. The Florida highway Patrol stayed busy working a variety of weather-related accidents. Marion County highway patrol dispatcher Mike Hancock describes what …
Read More »Levy County monitors Debby
Levy county is one of the coastal counties that could be heavily impacted by Tropical Storm Debby. This afteroon, WUFT-FM’s Forrest Smith talked with Levy’s Emergency Management Director Mark Johnson about the monitoring of the storm and what he and his staff are watching for. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/06/JOHNSONWEB.mp3] WUFT-FM will have the latest …
Read More »Florida’s Gulf and inland counties seeing impacts from Tropical Storm Debby
Tropical Storm Debby brought a morning and afternoon of steady rain to Florida’s Gulf Coast counties and dozens of inland counties. In this video (courtesy WFLA-TV) you can see the morning conditions in Pinellas County. The strongest winds were offshore (buoys and aircraft this morning detected winds above 50 mph …
Read More »Tropical Storm Debby drenching Florida’s west coast
The National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center report coastal areas of North Central Florida will receive several inches of rain over the next 24 hours as Tropical Storm Debby continues on a NE track in the Gulf of Mexico. The exact track of the storm is still a bit …
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