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11 p.m. Fay Weakens To Tropical Depression

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Aug 23, 2008 11:01 pm US/Eastern

11 p.m. Fay Weakens To Tropical Depression

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Tropical Storm Fay has officially weakened to a Tropical Depression while over North Florida, but is still dumping heavy rains as it makes its unprecedented fourth pass over land. The storm made landfall for the fourth time Saturday morning, moving over the state's central Panhandle on a slow-moving westward path.

At 7p.m. ET Saturday, Fay's center was over the western Panhandle region, and 30 miles north-northeast of Pensacola. The storm was moving west-northwest at near 8 mph.

Fay, with top sustained winds that had weakened to 35 mph, is expected to move over southern Alabama and Mississippi on Sunday, the Miami-based hurricane center said. The storm could come to a near stand-still as it weakens further, flooding much of north Florida and the southern neighboring states.

The erratic storm has dumped more than two feet of rain along parts of Florida's low-lying central Atlantic coast. Before Fay crosses the Panhandle over the weekend, it could bring four to eight inches in some areas.

Water was waist-deep Friday in parts of Fort Pierce, Florida, more than halfway down the state's 1,200-mile Atlantic coast from Jacksonville. The erratic storm has dumped more than two feet of rain along parts of Florida's low-lying central Atlantic coast. Before Fay crosses the Panhandle over the weekend, it could bring four to eight inches in some areas. The storm brought rain of up to 21 inches to areas around Cape Canaveral, home of the U.S. space shuttle fleet.

Parts of U.S. 1 were underwater in northern Florida, as were several other roads in St. John's, Duval, Orange and Volusia Counties. In Flagler Beach -- where Fay came ashore Thursday after all but stalling off the coast -- authorities warned that the beach highway -- A1A -- was covered in thick sand and standing water in several spots.

Emergency crews had to rescue some people from flooded neighborhoods and hundreds of homes were affected, local officials said.

The storm has been blamed for 11 deaths in Florida as forecasters warned that its torrential rains threatened a large swath of the southeastern United States with flooding over the weekend. Gov. Charlie Crist updated the storm's toll in a Saturday news conference from the state emergency operations center in Tallahassee.

President Bush issued a federal disaster declaration Thursday for the affected parts of Florida, as hundreds of residents fled floodwaters that drove alligators and snakes out of their habitats and into streets.

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