Hurricane Debby makes landfall at Florida's Big Bend region

Hurricane Debby has made landfall at the Big Bend region of Florida's Gulf Coast, with fears of storm surges and catastrophic flooding.

The weather system strengthened into a Category One hurricane late on Sunday and came ashore near Steinhatchee on Monday morning, said the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

It is now forecast to move slowly across the state, packing 80mph winds and dumping as much as 30in (76cm) of rain as it moves north.

The fourth named storm of the season will also soak Georgia and South Carolina in the days ahead.