Rain is pouring down on Fort Myers Beach, where roads are flooding and stranding some vehicles. The floodwater is also quickly creeping toward buildings. (Courtesy: WFTX/Fort Meyers)
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Photos and videos captured in southwest Florida on Sunday show homes, businesses and roads being flooded as Tropical Storm Debby inches closer to land.
Tropical Storm Debby is currently churning in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to intensify into a hurricane before making landfall in Florida’s Big Bend early Monday.
In the meantime, Floridians are already feeling the impact of Debby as many of them prepare amid the backdrop of a state of emergency.
Images from Fort Myers Beach on Sunday show roads disappearing underneath deep floodwater and quickly approaching businesses.
Flooded businesses.
(WFTX / Fort Myers / FOX Weather)
Also in Fort Myers Beach, the road in front of what appears to be apartments has been completely flooded.
Floodwater in front of a building.
(WFTX / Fort Myers / FOX Weather)
Early Sunday morning, sheets of rain and powerful winds were lashing palm trees around a parking lot.
Footage shot in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, shows sheets of rain pummeling palm trees and a parking lot as Tropical Storm Debby moves toward the Sunshine State. (Courtesy: @WxJack27 via Storyful)
Drivers are also seen stranded and needing their vehicles to be towed.
A tow truck assists a stranded driver and their vehicle.
(WFTX / Fort Myers / FOX Weather)
For motorists on the road, sheets of rain make driving hazardous. The image below shows the poor visibility drivers have to face.
Sheets of rain make driving hazardous.
(Robert Ray / FOX Weather)
Floridians should expect to feel Debby’s impacts more and more as the storm comes closer to the coast.