Debby just won’t let up

TROPICAL Storm Debby raked the Florida Gulf Coast with high wind and heavy rain Monday in a drenching that could top 2 feet over the next few days and trigger widespread flooding.

An estimated 35,000 homes and businesses lost electricity. But as of midafternoon, the slow-moving storm had caused only scattered damage.

By late afternoon, Debby was in the Gulf of Mexico, 30 miles southwest of Apalachicola, with sustained winds around 45 mph.

Forecasters said it would crawl to the northeast and exit along the Atlantic Coast by Saturday morning, losing steam along the way.