Tropical Storm Debby hits Florida with floods and threat of record rain

A car sits in a flooded road in Florida (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times/AP)

Tropical Storm Debby hit Florida with catastrophic flooding and was blamed for at least four deaths, with Georgia and South Carolina next in line as the system rips across the south-eastern United States.

Record-setting rain was forecast to cause flash flooding in coastal Georgia and South Carolina, and into North Carolina, with up to 30 inches of rainfall in some areas, the National Hurricane Centre said.