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LIVE DEBBY VLOG: Closures, flight cancelations and cleanup

Southwest Florida drenched, lots of street flooding, and some rain records broken
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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA — You can depend on FOX 4's team of Community Correspondents to keep you informed on the impacts of Debby on Southwest Florida.

UPDATE: 11:39A Monday, August 5th

  • Multiple roadways remain closed.
  • Lee County has temporarily closed Bunche Beach Preserve, Lynn Hall Memorial Park and access No. 4 of Bonita Beach Park.
    Some parking areas along Bonita Beach are also impacted.
  • More than50 flights in and out of RSW have been canceled.
  • The City of Sanibel's beach parking remains closed due to high water levels and flooding in parking lots.

UPDATE: Sunday, August 4th
Sunday was punctuated by bands of heavy rain, breezy conditions, rough surf along the coast, multiple tornado warnings, including Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Collier County. All expired with no reports of significant damage. But heavy street flooding continues.

Fox 4's Bella Line in Fort Myers Beach:

High Winds And Flooding On Fort Myers Beach

UPDATE: 9pm Sunday August 4th
Naples Closed Roads Update
* Pine Grove and all of Crayton Road is clear at this time
* Tin City is impassable
* Blue Point Avenue from Sandpiper Street is impassable
* 8th Avenue South between 9th Street South and 10th Street South is impassable
* Gordon Drive from 16th Avenue South going southbound is impassable
* Both North and South City parking garages are open on 8th Street South
* Gulf Shore Blvd South remains largely impassable
* Fleischmann Blvd, Fleischmann Park are clear at this time
* 9th Street South from 8th Avenue South going southbound is impassable
* Gulf Shore Blvd North is clear at this time
* All of Central Avenue is clear at this time
* 8th Avenue South between 9th Street South and 10th Street South remains impassable
* 10th Street South remains largely flooded

UPDATE: 8:30pm Sunday August 4th
Tropical Storm Debby strengthens and heads to the Big Bend region.
Roads still closed in parts of Southwest Florida including Punta Gorda.

Flooding near W. Retta Esplanade in Punta Gorda

UPDATE: 7pm Sunday August 4th

UPDATE: 6pm Sunday August 4th

Due to flooding from the Tropical Storm Debby the Naples Zoo will remain closed through tomorrow August 5th.

UPDATE: 5pm Sunday August 4th
TBW issues Tornado Warning [tornado: RADAR INDICATED, hail: 0.00 IN] for Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota [FL] till 5:30 PM EDT

UPDATE: 4pm Sunday August 4th

YIKES! The water came up fast on Fort Myers Beach after lunch-time Sunday.

Mahmoud Bennett and Kaitlin Knapp Tropical Storm Debby
FOX 4 Senior Reporter Kaitlin Knapp and Community Correspondent Mahmoud Bennett discuss the rising flood water and other conditions they saw on Fort Myers Beach Sunday.

Tracking Debby: Rising waters around restaurants and buildings on Fort Myers Beach

2:30pm Sunday: Flooding on First Street in downtown Fort Myers closed the northbound side of Edison Bridge.

See what the flooding was like on First Ave.

Flooded Streets In Downtown Fort Myers

FOX 4's Austin Schargorodski was on Manasota Key as the salt water rushed across roads.

Tracking Debby: Manasota Key at high tide Sunday

Click for the sights and sounds (and surfing) that Scripps News found in Naples from Tropical Storm Debby.

Tracking Debby: Sunday morning in Naples saw strong winds high surf and a surfer or two

Surfing in this water was NOT recommended, but Austin Schargorodski spotted a surfer anyway on Manasota Key in the Englewood area after 9:30am Sunday:

Tracking Debby: Manasota Key after 9:00am Sunday

Watch what Kaitlin Knapp saw on Ft Myers Beach after 9:00am.

Tracking Debby: Fort Myers Beach after 9:00am Sunday

See what Austin Schargorodski saw on Manasota Key at 8:30am Sunday.

Tracking Debby: Manasota Key in Charlotte County 8:30am Sunday

See what Kaitlin Knapp saw on Ft Myers Beach at 8:00am.

Tracking Debby: Fort Myers Beach at 8:00am Sunday