Consider just a few of the rainfall records established in the “Sunshine State”:
* Gainesville recorded its second highest 3-day rainfall receiving 16.34” through Tuesday
* Jacksonville recorded its largest 2-day rainfall, receiving 12.56” through Tuesday
Link: Debby rainfall totals around Jacksonville
* Tampa set a new monthly June rainfall record, with 18.66” through today, besting the 18.52” total set in 1945
In terms of flooding, here are a few excerpts describing the impacts from an Associated Press report:
*More than 100 homes and businesses were flooded and officials warned the waters may not recede until next week in some places.
* In Live Oak, a small city in northern Florida, water was up to the roofs of some homes and cars were submerged.
* In Crawfordville, a small town located in the crook of Florida’s elbow just south of Tallahassee, main roads were impassable.
Flood waters may take days to recede - so the clean-up effort is expected to continue well into next week.
(Debby is forecast to continue moving out to sea, and there is just a slight chance it will re-develop tropical characteristics over the open ocean.)
Here are some photos offering a glimpse of what many Floridians are having to contend with....
Gordon McClain, right, and friend Kenny Stoudemire walk away from his flooded home in Live Oak Fla., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (Dave Martin/AP)
Tarra Piet, right, is embraced by her cousin Kursty Setty as they stand in Piet's fathers' flooded pet store Live Oak Fla., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (Dave Martin/AP)
