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The newest path takes Debby straight through North Carolina, the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday morning. A flood watch is in effect for our area and the coast between 9 a.m. Tuesday and 9 p.m. Friday.

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I'm meteorologist Chris Michaels with a tropical update. Of course, all eyes on Debbie. It is a tropical storm this morning that's kind of meandering around the Georgia South Carolina line. And man, you see how slow this thing is gonna move as it goes between the Atlantic Ocean and the coastline of South Carolina. That's where it's likely going to make its uh second landfall by Thursday probably during the afternoon and then it's gonna ride north through North Carolina, bringing us a lot of rain and also some gusty wind. We're going to walk you through the impacts here in just a little bit. Let's talk you through some of the watches and warnings that are currently in effect tropical storm warnings all up and down the coast of Georgia and South Carolina tropical storm watch still just up through Cape Fear, although that may change here throughout the day today. So for today, coastal flooding is a concern. Inland rain bands are going to start up Wednesday through Friday. Those are Wral weather alert days due to some extreme risk for flooding, especially Thursday and wind gusts up to 40 MPH that could bring down trees and knock out power this weekend. It's breezy and drier. But at that point, we're going to be going through some cleanup and likely still some river flooding, especially the Cape Fear and the tar rivers. Here's a look at Debbie drenching the east coast and again, it just moves so slowly Wednesday and Thursday are going to be the days that we probably see the most rain around here flooding the main threat down trees and outages possible. Also watch east of the Triangle for the chance for some tornadoes. Then by Friday night into Saturday looks like the worst of the rain is finally going to start to move on toward the north rain totals for the most part, they're going to be between about 6 to 10 inches and we could see even more than that. We're talking about roughly two months of rain coming in 3 to 4 days. So flooding is definitely the main threat out there as we go through the next few days. Looking at the day three outlook from the storm prediction center, it is a level one giving us the chance for some, uh, very brief tornadoes east of the triangle, something that we'll watch Thursday afternoon into Thursday night. So out ahead of the rain, we've got a limited amount of time to do this but clearing out the gutters and drains, mowing the yard that something and I took care of yesterday. And of course, you got to have the necessities on board just in case there's any flooding by you. After Debbie, there's another system moving through the Caribbean and into the Bay of Camp Peachy as of right now, it's got a 30% chance of development within the next seven days.

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