CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tropical Storm Debby pushed bad weather up the East Coast on Wednesday, colliding with other systems and bringing no respite to residents as far away as the Great Lakes and New Jersey, where heavy rain flooded highways and streets and stranded motorists.
Debby already drenched Southern states for days as it churned slowly across Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
On Tuesday evening, the moisture from Debby strengthened another storm system, which caused strong thunderstorms across the Great Lakes and in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Kleebauer.