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Scenes Of Massive FL Flooding, Downed Trees, Wires: Debby Photos

Tropical Storm Debby brought heavy rains, flooding, gusty winds and reports of tornadoes to much of the Florida peninsula.

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Tropical Storm Debby brought heavy rains, flooding, gusty winds and reports of tornadoes to much of the Florida peninsula, including Tarpon Springs (pictured).
Tropical Storm Debby brought heavy rains, flooding, gusty winds and reports of tornadoes to much of the Florida peninsula, including Tarpon Springs (pictured). (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

FLORIDA — After strengthening into a hurricane overnight, Debby was downgraded to a tropical storm late Monday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. update.

Debby made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane Monday around 7 a.m. in Florida’s Big Bend area.

Before that, as the storm moved north along the coast, it brought heavy rains, flooding, gusty winds and reports of tornadoes to the state's peninsula.

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For the latest on damage, flooding and power outages across Florida tied to what is now Tropical Storm Debby, check with Patch.

Here are some photos from Debby’s trek across the state:

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Max Chesnes/Tampa Bay Times via AP
A driver negotiates a flooded street as Tropical Storm Debby passes just to the west of the Tampa Bay area on Sunday.
Courtesy of Sarasota County Sheriff
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is rescuing those affected by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Debby.
Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP
Landon Stanley pulls his friends Jakob Jackson and Emerson Porcelli-Wilson in the waters flooding the streets from Tropical Storm Debby on Sunday in Tampa.
Levy County Sheriff's Office

A 13-year-old boy was crushed to death around 8 a.m. after a tree fell on a mobile home he was inside, according to a Levy County Department of Public Safety news release. There were no other injuries.

Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP
Mabrey Shaffmaster, left, carries her nephew, Arlo Hoggard, 3, left, as her sister, Morgan Hoggard, carries nine-month-old son Ace Hoggard through a flooded street as Tropical Storm Debby approaches Florida Sunday in Tarpon Springs.
Courtesy of Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

A car was fully submerged Monday near Country Chase Boulevard and Memorial Highway, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

Courtesy of Florida Highway Patrol/Hillsborough County Fire Rescue

Divers recovered the body of a truck driver who drove into the Tampa Bypass Canal on Interstate 75 early Monday morning, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. The driver, a 64-year-old Mississippi man, lost control of his 18-wheel tractor-trailer truck on the wet roadway near milepost 263 around 2:30 a.m.

Courtesy of Gale Massey

This ballpark near Bear Creek flooded at 1st Avenue N. and 60th Street in St. Petersburg.

Courtesy of Tarpon Springs Police Department
The historic Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs flooded Sunday as Tropical Storm Debby moved along Florida's west coast, police said.
Courtesy of St. Petersburg Police

Shore Acres Boulevard and 40th Avenue NE flooded as Tropical Storm affected Florida's west coast, St. Petersburg police said.

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