Tropical Storm Debby death toll: Woman, two children and truck driver killed in Florida
Tropical storm Debby made landfall as a hurricane in one of the least populated areas of Florida.
Debby weakened into a tropical storm late Monday morning, with top winds hovering around 70 mph (110 kph).
The storm was moving slowly to the north-northeast, and was expected to decrease in speed as it turns to the east.
A 13-year-old boy died Monday morning after a tree fell on a mobile home located southwest of Gainesville, Florida, according to the Levy County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials reported other deaths as Debby moved inland.
A truck driver died early Monday on Interstate 75 in the Tampa area after he lost control of his tractor trailer, which flipped over a concrete wall and dangled over water before the cab dropped into the water below.
East of Steinhatchee, a tiny community in northern Florida near where the storm made landfall, a 38-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were killed late Sunday when the car she was driving on a wet road struck a median and then overturned off the road.
A 14-year-old boy who was a passenger was hospitalized with serious injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.