One killed as fatal tornadoes hit US Florida

The expansive, stalled Tropical Storm Debby lashed the US State of Florida, spawning apparent tornadoes in the central part of the state that killed one woman, a county spokeswoman said. Gloria Rybinski, emergency operations spokeswoman for Highland County, said two twisters destroyed four homes in the southern end of the county and damaged others, the (CNN) reported. The woman was found dead in a home in Venus, located in the middle of the state roughly between Port St. Lucie and Sarasota, Rybinski said. In addition, a child in one of the affected homes was injured and transported to a hospital for treatment. Packing 60 mph winds, Debby's eye was still 115 miles south-southwest of Apalachiocola, Florida (and 195 miles east-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana) according to the National Hurricane Center's update. Even so, it's already made a big impact, and is likely to cause damage, flooding and worse for days to come.