Tropical Storm Fay hobbled across Florida for a fifth day Friday as the death toll from the lingering storm rose to five in the state.

Fay has dumped more than two feet of rain along parts of Florida’s low-lying central Atlantic coast and was making its third pass through the state, nearing Cedar Key on the state’s northwest coast with sustained winds weakening slightly to near 45 mph.
State officials tallied storm casualties Friday, saying three people died in traffic accidents in the heavy rain and two others drowned in surf kicked up by the storm. A sixth person died of carbon monoxide poisoning while testing generators just before the storm.
Two traffic deaths occurred in Duval County. officials said. A 16-year-old girl died when her car collided with an SUV after spinning on wet pavement Wednesday. A 44-year-old was killed when his truck rolled while going around a curve on a rain-soaked road Thursday.
A 43-year-old man died Wednesday in Indian River County when his vehicle spun and hit a traffic light post.
Two swimmers drowned in heavy surf Thursday on the Atlantic coast, a 21-year-old woman in Duval and a 35-year-old man in Volusia County.

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