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The newest path takes Debby straight through North Carolina on Thursday and Friday. Governor Roy Cooper has declared a State of Emergency and President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in North Carolina.

ð¨Live updatesð¨Biden declares emergency in NC, Tropical Storm Debby brings extreme flood risk as it moves closer

MACKONOCHIE IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER. MICHELLE, I SEE YOU'RE KYLEN THERE. YEAH. IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH RIGHT NOW. THEY KEEP MOVING THE CAMERA, BUT YOU CAN NOTICE THE CAMERAS ACTUALLY SHAKING FROM THE WIND AND YOU CAN SEE. >> ALL OF THE WAVES AS WE LOOK LIVE OVER OAK ISLAND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AS WE'VE BEEN TELLING EVERYBODY, THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO DUMP POTENTIALLY HISTORIC LEVELS OF RAIN AND BRING BRING CATASTROPHIC FLOODING ALONG ITS PATH. DEBBIE HAS ALREADY TURNED ROADS INTO RIVERS IN PARTS OF FLORIDA, GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. OFFICIALS IN MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA SAY THAT THE FLOODING FROM DEBBIE HAS PERSISTED BECAUSE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ARE GENERALLY FULL. AND WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT FLOODING HERE IS A MAJOR CONCERN. GRACE HOLLINS IS IN OCEAN ISLE BATTLING THE WINDS AND STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF LOOKS LIKE A RIVER RACE. >> WE'RE IN A THIS IS ONE OF THE WEATHER SPOTS THAT WE FOUND HERE. SOME PEOPLE WHO VACATION HERE A LOT DID TELL ME THAT THIS GETS WET PRETTY OFTEN. I'M STANDING IN ABOUT ANKLE DEEP WATER RIGHT HERE. BUT YOU CAN HEAR THOSE WINDS. YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE THEM ON THE WATER HERE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO WALK OVER HERE. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS LITTLE BUSH JUST HOW STRONG THOSE GUSTS ARE COMING THROUGH. SO THOSE WINDS JUST PICKED UP WITHIN THE LAST 15, 20 MINUTES OR SO BEFORE THAT IT HAD BEEN PRETTY CALM. SO CLEARLY THE STORM IS STARTING TO MOVE BACK IN TOWARDS OCEAN ISLE BEACH THIS MORNING. THE TOWN IS, OF COURSE, UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY. AND IN THE NEXT HOUR, A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IS STARTING. THE TOWN SAYS THAT THEY STARTED THAT MAINLY FOR A LOT OF THE VISITORS AND VACATIONERS THAT ARE HERE. WE WERE GOING AROUND TOWN LAST NIGHT. THERE WERE LOTS OF FOLKS STILL OUT HAVING DINNER. PROBABLY THOSE DINNER TABLE CONVERSATIONS REVOLVING AROUND WHETHER OR NOT TO STAY HERE. WE KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED THEIR PLANS. WE TALKED TO A MAN FROM RALEIGH EARLIER THIS MORNING WHO SAID THAT HE'S WATCHING THE FORECAST CLOSELY. BUT AT THIS POINT, THEY DO PLAN TO STAY A LOT OF TIMES. THE WEATHER GETS PRETTY NICE AFTER THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. BUT AGAIN, LOTS OF PEOPLE TAKING THOSE WARNING SERIOUSLY AND JUST BEING CAREFUL FOR NOW LIVE IN OCEAN ISLE BEACH, GRACE

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Tropical Storm Debby is expected to dump around 9 inches of rain in counties south of the Triangle, the same areas hit during Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence. 

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Emergency officials in the Triangle are preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Debby, which is expected to pass straight through North Carolina on Thursday and Friday.

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Roads were closed in downtown Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday as more than a foot of rain from Tropical Storm Debby caused flooding.

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Flooding in Charleston, South Carolina

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A look at the flooding, property damage and heartbreak caused by Tropical Storm Debby in Florida on Aug. 5, 2024. The system made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near Steinhatchee, Florida.

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