After devastating the Florida peninsula, Category 1 Hurricane Debby now appears to be approaching its landfall near Taylor and Dixie counties in eastern Big Bend.

Although Hurricane Idalia was a Category 3 hurricane last year, the similarities are uncanny. Debby, with winds of 90 mph, could make landfall just a few miles from where Idalia made landfall and at about the same time.

As before, Florida’s capital may escape disaster while its eastern neighbors bear the brunt of dangerous winds, life-threatening flooding and immense amounts of rain. But meteorologists warned that Tallahassee was still battling tropical storm-force winds and downed trees and power lines.

Here is the latest:

Debby’s eyewall grazes the Florida coast near Taylor, Dixie County

According to the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, Hurricane Debby’s eyewall is brushing the Florida coast near Taylor and Dixie counties as it approaches landfall.

“It’s close to landfall,” said Israel Gonzalez, a meteorologist with NWS, “because if you look at the radar, the wall of the eye is just brushing the coast. But the eye is still a little offshore, so … we can’t call it landfall yet.”

Gonzalez said Debby is expected to make landfall near Dixie County and Taylor County and that the core of the storm could move through an area that includes Perry, Madison and Mayo.

“The concave shape of the shoreline makes it a little difficult to determine the time of landfall, especially given the eye movements we saw throughout the night,” Gonzalez said. “In addition, its overall motion gradually slowed as it made its way into Apalachee Bay.”

A tropical storm warning remains in effect for Leon County, but a hurricane warning remains in effect further south and east.

Hurricane Debby approaches landfall in Big Bend, Florida

The National Hurricane Center said in a 4 a.m. update that Debby is approaching landfall in Big Bend this morning.

“Doppler radar imagery from Tallahassee shows Debby approaching landfall and the eastern portion of the eyewall moving ashore in Florida’s Big Bend,” the Hurricane Center in Miami said.

According to the NHC, a Cedar Key observation recorded sustained winds of 50 mph and a gust of 66 mph.

At 4 a.m., Debby was located about 40 miles west-northwest of Cedar Key and about 80 miles south-southeast of Tallahassee. It had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph and was moving north-northeast at 12 mph.

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Hurricane Debby updates: Tracking the impacts of storm surge, rain and wind in Florida