Cars submerged underwater as Tropical Storm Debby hits East Coast of US
Heavy rain has caused dangerous flooding and deadly tornadoes as Debby makes its way north. FOX's Chelsea Torres has the latest.
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00:00Tropical Storm Debbie is heading up the East Coast after making landfall for a
00:03second time. Heavy rain has caused dangerous flooding and deadly tornadoes.
00:07Search and rescue teams found a body in North Carolina raising the death toll to
00:12seven victims. Fox's Chelsea Torres has the very latest. North Carolina residents
00:18waking up to tornado warnings Thursday as Tropical Storm Debbie has made a
00:23second landfall. In Wilson County, a tornado touched down, destroying a
00:27two story home, forcing it to collapse on itself. More homes ripped apart in
00:32other parts of North Carolina as tornadoes came through
00:37wind, whipping up waves on Surfside Beach in South Carolina as some people
00:42were out walking in the storm. Debbie is expected to keep moving inland,
00:46bringing with it heavy rain. Flooding could be a problem across parts of South
00:50Carolina and North Carolina. Residents say you have to be resilient. We have no
00:56control. We just take it and just enjoy it. The good and the bad. Take a
01:00look at this car caught up in brown flood water in North Carolina from the
01:04sky. The road looks like a river.
01:08A dangerous situation is unfolding in Georgia, where at least four dams were
01:12breached northwest of Savannah in Bullitt County. Tropical Storm Debbie
01:16dumped about a foot of rain in this area. All the Bullitt County Sheriff's
01:20deputy have said that they've never seen anything like this, and we haven't
01:24seen anything like this before, and I've lived here for 30 33 years as
01:28Debbie continues to move portions of Virginia bracing for heavy rainfall as
01:32well. Officials giving away free sandbags to help people protect their
01:36homes. I'm just trying to be cautious about getting through sand to prevent
01:41flooding in my cellar. Forecasters say residents as far north as Vermont could
01:45get several inches of rain this weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina. I'm Chelsea
01:50Torres Fox News.