Extreme Weather: Tropical Storm Eta Dumps Violent Rain On Florida, One Man Electrocuted

Tropical Storm Eta on Thursday swept across northern Florida from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic, finally moving away from the state after dumping torrents of rain and leaving at least one person dead.

Eta made its second Florida landfall Thursday morning, just to the south of Cedar Key, Florida, at 4 a.m. with winds of 50 mph, the Weather Channel reported.

By Thursday afternoon, Eta's center was moving offshore over the Atlantic, near the Florida-Georgia state line, with sustained winds of 40 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

About 2 to 6 inches of rain fell over central and northern Florida on Wednesday and into Thursday morning. Officials in areas including Sarasota have responded to reports of roofs torn off and flooded streets over the past couple of days.

More than 21,000 customers in Florida were without power Thursday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.

CBS News reported that a man in Bradenton Beach died Wednesday evening after being electrocuted from water in his home.

Emergency management officials said Eta's heavy rain had caused flooding in the Bradenton Beach area. Localized flash and urban flooding is possible across Florida on Thursday, and minor river flooding is expected across parts of western Florida into the weekend, the NHC reported.

Eta's center is expected to move parallel to the coasts of Georgia and the Carolinas Thursday and Friday before heading well east of the mid-Atlantic coast by late Friday the NHC added.

Eta made landfall three times before. It first crossed into Central America last week as a Category 4 hurricane, leaving scores of people dead or missing.

Then it made landfall in Cuba on Sunday and in Florida's Lower Matecumbe Key later that day.

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has been especially active. It has set the record for most named storms in a single season with 29 so far, CBS News noted.