Deadly Tropical Storm Debby drenches East Coast | CNN

Tropical Storm Debby still was packing 40 mph winds as its center hovered over the Atlantic Ocean about 50 miles east-southeast of Savannah, Georgia, and about 70 miles south-southwest of Charleston, South Carolina, the National Hurricane Center said in an 11 p.m. ET Tuesday advisory.

The storm was inching eastward at about 5 mph.

“A slow motion toward the east and then north is expected through Thursday night. On the forecast track, the center of Debby is expected to slowly move away from the coast of Georgia and South Carolina tonight, continue to drift offshore through early Thursday, and then move inland over South Carolina on Thursday,” the hurricane center said. 

Some strengthening is expected for Debby on Wednesday, but the storm is not expected to become a hurricane again. 

Heavy rainfall, gusty winds and a few tornadoes remain possible across the Southeast for Wednesday. 

Debby is expected to produce potentially historic rainfall storm totals across eastern South Carolina and southeastern North Carolina through Friday. Rainfall totals of 10 to 20 inches are possible, with isolated totals potentially reaching 25 inches in some areas.

Southeastern Georgia could see another 1 to 3 inches of rain. 

The remainder of South Carolina, southwestern Virginia, portions of the mid-Atlantic and New York, and eventually northern New England could see 3-6 inches with isolated totals approaching 8 inches through Saturday.

Here are the current watches and warnings in place: