Slow-motion tropical storm Debby brings days of torrential rain and flooding risk

Tropical storm Debby slammed Georgia and South Carolina with torrential rains, flooding many neighborhoods. The storm is moving extremely slowly, which means that rain totals could amount to 20 inches or more in some places. Flood watches remain in effect. NBC News' Maggie Vespa reports from Charleston, S.C.

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[KennethGreenCMP]

South Carolina here - we have already had 2 - "once in a 100 year floods" I am not sure we can have third within 10 years.

[kentpass]

Wait until their insurance company drops them or quadruple their rates

[castlekingside]

This isn't even close to the strongest storm Florida could get. That's scary.

[Pinhigh]

Those "once in a 1000 years" storms happen about twice a year it seems like

[tylers]

I love the explanation on how the sidewalk breaking is what caused the tree to fall 🤣

[patbrown]

Having just lived through Beryl, my heart goes out to all affected by Hurricane Debby. 🙏

[cosmothewonderdog]

I don’t know how much longer Floridians will be able to get insurance.

[hildeschmid]

Swallowed all of little Live Oak, Fl, but we're too small to talk about. The Suwannee River is rumored to crest at 74 feet. This is the 2nd time in 13 years this city has been hit like this by a storm named Debby.

[kevdadd]

I don’t know guys, we’ve had bad tropical storms ever since I can remember. It’s fear they want, you can be told what to do when you’re in fear.

[greg]

OMG! We have NEVER seen tropical storms slam into the southeast before! 😫😫😢😢😂😂🤣🤣

[guitarlessonswith]

"Once in 1, 000...." Like anyone can even know that. Tell me, who exactly was keeping records 800, 900, or 1, 000 years ago??? Talk about misinformation.

[pocalypto]

There ain't no insurance companies that will ensure homes

[inappropriatejohnson]

Floods are gravity's way of telling you to move.

[helenabrus]

Once in a 1000 years; who the heck was around to measure this; even a 500 year storm.

[ErikS-]

0:51 - This somehow reminds me of Tetris.

[highpsi]

Not once in 1, 000 years. It will happen against next year, and the next and the next.

[novafamily]

Thanks for taking out an Arby's, great service

[kennardjohnson]

Climate crisis that is another funny quote, the problem is homes being built in subdivisions with out the ability for proper drainage, and the old timers got the high ground 100 years ago. The problem is people are the visual and location, and not think about a big weather event. When ever they bring up Climate change, it is like kindergarten and chicken little.

[MH-fbkr]

sorry, this could happen again a lot sooner than 1000 years

[nupymuo]

What Debby did to that Arby’s in South Carolina is what Arby’s has been doing to our insides for decades.