Columbus, OH

South Carolina State

Tropical Storm Debby spawned two confirmed tornadoes in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Aerial video gives you a new look at what one of those twisters did in Edisto Beach, which also got more than a foot of rain.

Watch: Beach Hit By Debby Tornado

Georgia State

Debby has been downgraded to a tropical storm but the threat from dangerous storm surge, flooding rainfall and gusty winds is just getting started in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

Debby Bringing Life-Threatening Rain And Flooding

Charleston, SC

Emergency officials in Charleston, South Carolina, warned residents of potentially unprecedented flooding in the city and by early Tuesday, streets were turned into rivers. Watch the video to learn how emergency officials tried to get people to safety before Tropical Storm Debby arrived.

Tropical Storm Debby Submerges Charleston Streets

Debby has already flooded parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Potentially historic flooding is still underway for many areas of the Southeast Coast. Here’s what you can expect.

Debby Dropping Feet Of Rain On Southeast Coast

Debby continues to dump rain across the Southeast, and the storm is not going anywhere anytime soon. Multiple days of life-threatening flooding are possible. Here’s the latest.

Debby Soaks Southeast, Historic Flooding Possible

Denver, CO

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More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Tropical Storm Debby brought damage to coastal South Carolina, with several tornadoes reported Monday night into early Tuesday. Watch this video to see the destruction in the beloved tourist spot, Edisto Beach.

Debby Spins Up Tornadoes In South Carolina

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

North Carolina State

Florida State

Hurricane Debby will dump heavy rainfall along its path, with feet of rainfall possible from Florida to North Carolina. Here’s the latest on storm surge, as well as river and flash flooding.

Why Flooding Is Debby's Biggest Threat This Week

Homes were flooded and cars submerged in southeast Georgia. More than 60 homes were reported to be damaged in South Carolina. Several deaths are being linked to the storm. Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Tropical Storm...

Debby's Deluge Destroys Homes, Livelihoods Across The Southeast

Roll clouds are a type of arcus clouds, spectacular low-level long and thin clouds that are associated with intense thunderstorms. They are often seen beneath cumulonimbus clouds. Roll clouds differ from the popular “shelf” clouds (which are also a type of arcus cloud) in that shelf clouds are attached to the storm cloud, whereas roll clouds are separated from it. Here’s a great example of how roll clouds can make an otherworldly sight.

Weather Words: 'Roll Clouds'

Dangerous Debby’s slow movement across the Southeast coast has been deadly. Watch this video to see what led to a teen’s death in Georgia and why one highway in Florida was shut down.

Debby Impacts: Tree Smashes House; Trucks Flipped

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

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Hollywood child stardom has taken its toll on many actors through the decades. Lani O'Grady, for one, found fame in the 1970s on the TV family series, Eight is Enough. O'Grady followed in the footsteps of her brother, actor Don Grady, an original Mouseketeer and member of another popular TV family show: My Three Sons. Their mother, Mary B. Grady, was a talent agent who represented several child actors. But Lani, who would also eventually become an agent, died in 2001 just one week before what would have been her 47th birthday.

TV's 'Eight is Enough' Star Lani O'Grady Found Fame Early in Life but Died a Tragic Death

Tropical Storm Debby remains a dangerous flood threat. Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia are under states of emergency. At least six deaths are being linked to the storm. Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.

Deadly Debby Leaves Parts Of South Carolina, Georgia Underwater

Thunderstorms can be hazardous enough. Sometimes they combine into a large cluster spread over multiple states. Known as mesoscale convective systems (MCS), these thunderstorm clusters are smaller than low-pressure systems with cold and warm fronts, but larger in scale than any single thunderstorm. They may even grow large enough to affect the weather for the next day in the surrounding area.

Weather Words: 'Mesoscale Convective Systems’

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Today’s weather word refers to the sound wind makes when it rustles through leaves or trees. Psithurism (pronounced sith-err-iz-um) comes from the Greek word for “whispering,” and is a great word to use when you’re out on a picnic on a warm summer day with a gentle breeze to describe the lovely sound you hear all around you.

Weather Words: 'Psithurism'

Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. D​ebby poses a significant flood threat not just for the Southeast, but all the way up the East Coast into Friday night. H​ere are three reasons why the heavy rain...

Debby's Flood Threat Into The Weekend: 3 Reasons We're Concerned

Gulfport, FL

Flooding from Debby turned roads into rivers in Gulfport, Florida before it gained hurricane strength. That's likely how a catfish ended up marooned on one man’s driveway.

Debby Lingers Off East Coast; Flood Risk Continues

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