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Weakened Debby downgraded to tropical depression

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    Storm leaves damaged homes, sink holes

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Well boxing -- weather alert right now -- is on her way out of the flooding left behind nothing short.

Of devastation and the storm now a tropical depression but homes are damaged roads washed out.

And dangerous sink holes left behind some towns literally underwater.

-- that.

Those that do -- mortar came up to me needs.

Is getting a water coming down in -- You're looking pretty bad right now it is very -- looking at him and I -- really.

Kids.

And -- -- And check this out Steve Harrigan live from one of the hardest hit areas live -- in -- Florida and -- -- deep actually little bit higher in the water there hi Steve.

Paterson said scenes here in this northern Florida town of about 8000 live -- off to my right here is a pretty story it's about four feet underwater.

And further back in a residential area.

Is about a hundred house is under -- this is all due to the eleven inches of rain that tropical depression -- dumped on this area some parts of northern Florida.

I've had more than two feet of rain but the real problem here -- for many towns.

In southern Florida is the flooding here is the flooding from the Swanee river.

Over here to my left you really see some people trying to salvage what they can.

From there equipment rental store some real tough scenes here all -- one of the toughest things for people -- do is really to trying get around the area.

You have a road here Ohio avenue -- next season small fish.

Going -- -- right now I haven't seen any snakes but when it does is it's cut off different sections of the town from other sections Bates.

Rescue extremely difficult as well we've talked with the police.

Rescuers early this morning they've been going out trying to do what they can but they often have these smaller patrol cars which have been no use at all.

In this heavy water about fifty rescues carried out here over the past 24 hours.

Some of them decidedly low tech rescues often with -- news but no fatalities here.

It's really a watch and wait right now as they're scheduled to be perhaps as much as four more inches of rain in the next few days here.

I could make things extremely difficult for some Marty people who -- who -- suffering pretty badly a lot of people we've talked to without that flood insurance so.

Some tough scenes to see is people trying to pull out what they can from this tropical storm that dumped four days of heavy rain in northern Florida -- back to you -- Did have a gonna ask you mentioned the flood insurance how close are you there to the Swanee river and is that -- -- don't have they seen this flooding there before.

When you talk to people what they -- anything like this before they've told us they haven't seen it since hurricane in 1964.

So some really.

Shocking scenes to people -- the further I go out down Ohio avenue here which was once a pretty busy.

You know outside of commerce there's actually cars under water if I could go out there further we'll try do that with a new later in the day.

So some really startling shocking scenes and that's -- he river as you mentioned.

Is over its flood bank now by several feet Heather cars replaced with case thank you very much see we appreciate your coverage -- check back.

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