Debby downgraded to tropical storm after making landfall in Florida, 1 dead [Video]

Debby reached the Big Bend coast of Florida as a Category 1 hurricane early Monday, killing one and bringing the potential for catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it slowly passes over the northern part of the state. Forecasters warned that, in the coming days, record-setting rain could pummel coastal Georgia and South Carolina as the storm heads east. The storm made landfall near Steinhatchee, a tiny community in northern Florida of less than 1,000 residents on Florida’s Gulf Coast. In its 11 a.m. advisory, the National Hurricane Center said Debby had downgraded to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. A 13-year-old boy was killed after a tree fell on him as Debby made its way into Florida, the Levy County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded to a mobile home around 8 a.m. on Monday after reports of a downed tree. There, they found the …