(Bloomberg) -- Debby strengthened into a hurricane as the system neared a Monday landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region, where residents have fled ahead of a ...
-- Debby strengthened into a hurricane as the system neared a Monday landfall in Florida ’s Big Bend region, where residents have fled ahead of a potential week-long disaster across the South.A Radical Fix for Britain’s Housing Crisis: A New Offshore City
Florida coastal areas may see upward of $250 million in damage and losses. If the storm causes widespread flooding across the South, particularly around Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina, the tally may rise as high as $1 billion, said Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler at Enki Research.
While lingering over water may bolster the storm, the hurricane center has said it also encountered dry air, which has sapped it of some strength. After Debby comes ashore, it will meander across northern Florida and southern Georgia for days before possibly reemerging over the Atlantic on Aug. 7 and making a second landfall Aug. 8 in South Carolina. Its onshore winds will push water into the coastline and prevent local rivers from draining flooding rains from the interior, Rinde said.
"'You may make minimum wage or you may make a million, but a pizza still costs five bucks.' It's a lesson in not falling into the standard of living creep trap as your income rises."
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