If Debby stalls along the Southeast coast this week, there could be dire implications for locations in Georgia and the Carolinas in term of flooding and storm surge.

Now with Debby well inland over the southeastern United States, AccuWeather meteorologists continue to raise concerns of the tropical storm’s slow forward speed that will lead to excessive rainfall from southeastern Georgia to coastal areas of the Carolinas. So much rain may fall to lead to life-threatening conditions.

Over the next several days, Debby is projected to linger along the Southeast U.S. coast to produce significant flash flooding, gusty winds and prolonged coastal inundation. AccuWeather expert meteorologists say that there is a growing threat of relentless rainfall and flooding impacts as the storm slowly tracks from northern Florida to parallel with the Georgia and Carolina coast.

The center of Debby was drifting into southern Georgia on Monday afternoon, but the shield of rain and gusty winds extended to the north and east by a couple hundred miles.

Even though Debby may officially be only a tropical storm along the Georgia and Carolina coasts, its impacts from life-threatening storm surge and flooding rain, as well as the effects of strong winds on property and utilities, will result in Debby being a 3 on the AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes in the United States.