CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Tropical Storm Debby is taking a breather Wednesday over the western Atlantic Ocean but it isn't done dousing the coastal Carolinas before it slowly marches north.

Debby was expected to restrengthen and turn north toward the South Carolina coastline for a second landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday, weather officials said. The storm carried the threat not only of additional rainfall but also of tornadoes in coastal sections of the Carolinas spreading north into southeast Virginia on Thursday.