Historic flooding possible as TS Debby bears down on southeastern United States

Enlarge / Satellite image of Tropical Storm Debby on Sunday morning. (credit: NOAA)

As often happens during the month of July, the Atlantic tropics entered a lull after Hurricane Beryl struck Texas and short-lived Tropical Storm Chris moved into Mexico. But now, with African dust diminishing from the atmosphere and August well under way, the oceans have awoken.

Tropical Storm Debby formed this weekend, and according to forecasters with the National Hurricane Center, the...