Tropical storm Debby live updates: Five killed after storm makes landfall in Florida as hurricane

Hurrcane Debby thrashed thrashed parts of Florida on Monday after making landfall and bringing risks of flooding, dangerous storm surge and power ourages.

The National Hurricane Center announced at around 7am that Debby had made landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida, with winds of 80 mph, making it a Category 1 storm. It has since been downgraded to a tropical storm.

The deadly winds ultimately led to the tragic death of a 13-year-old boy in Levy County after a tree fell on a mobile home and the death of a semi-truck driver in Hillsborough County after the truck veered off into a canal. Two other people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed in a crash in Dixie County. A falling tree killed a fifth person, a 19-year-old, in Moultrie, Georgia.

Debby will travel across Florida before blowing through southern Georgia on Tuesday. The storm is forecasted to hit South Carolina Wednesday through Friday before calming.

More than 147,000 in the Sunshine State were without electricity as of late Monday, according to utilities tracking site PowerOutage.us .