Tropical Storm Debby Edges East Toward Florida Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Debby edged eastward with drenching rains and winds of 45 miles (72 kilometers) per hour toward landfall on the Gulf coast of northern Florida.

Debby is 85 miles west of Cedar Key, Florida, moving east at 3 mph, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said in an advisory at 8 a.m. local time. Meteorologists say the storm will move over northern Florida in a day or two before weakening to a depression and re-emerging later this week in the Atlantic.