A rare tornado warning has been issued for the United States Capitol complex as severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby moves through the Washington, DC area.

The U.S. Capitol Police said that due to the warning, staff in the Capitol complex should immediately go to the storm shelters in their offices and that no one should leave the building without appropriate instructions.

They said to bring emergency equipment and visitors, and if people are not near their offices, they should go to the nearest office and seek shelter there.

The warning has now been downgraded to a tornado warning until 2:00 p.m. local time.

The police called for the closure of external doors and windows and the avoidance of

A tornado warning is in effect for people in Washington, including those in the Capitol Complex, as storms move through the DC area.

Police asked people to close outside doors and windows and stay away from them.

Since neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate are in session this week, there are currently no lawmakers present on Capitol Hill.

Staff remain in their offices to answer constituent questions and conduct tours of the Capitol.

On Thursday, the Washington Nationals baseball team’s game was postponed due to bad weather.

During a weather-related stoppage in the eighth inning of a baseball game between the Nationals and the San Francisco Giants, grounds personnel spread a tarp to cover the field.

Storm Debby has made landfall in South Carolina for the second time on its way along the East Coast, causing devastating tornadoes and new flooding.

More than 130,000 people were without power due to the tornado, which caused extensive building damage.

According to the National Hurricane Center, Debby came ashore near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, early Thursday morning and initially reached the mainland as a Category 1 hurricane, temporarily closing part of Interstate 95.

Washington Nationals grounds crews stretch out the tarp to cover the field during a weather-related delay in the eighth inning of a baseball game between the Nationals and San Francisco Giants on Thursday.

The tropical storm is expected to move further inland, bringing heavy rains and possible flooding to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast through the weekend.

Early Thursday morning, the storm reached maximum sustained winds of 45 mph in Miami, with its center located about 90 miles north of Charleston, South Carolina.

On the way to North Carolina, there were even reports that rescue workers in Wilson County were searching for a man who might be trapped inside, according to local news station ABC11.

Meanwhile, three tornado warnings have been issued east of Raleigh, NC, as well as in Dortches and Rocky Mount.

Debby has not yet flooded parts of eastern South Carolina and southeastern North Carolina. As the storm moves north, another 3 to 9 inches of rain is possible, raising concerns about flash flooding in mountainous areas of West Virginia.

Keon Johnson and his wife Zyla Johnson (left) talk about how they get to work since his home on Tappan Zee Drive flooded (Aug. 7).

Charles Grainger cleans up around his home in the historic French Quarter Creek neighborhood on Wednesday as floodwaters recede from Tropical Storm Debby.

At least three tornadoes were reported overnight in North Carolina, including one at 3 a.m. that damaged at least four homes, a church and a school in Wilson County east of Raleigh, county officials said. No injuries were immediately reported.

Parts of the small town of Bladenboro were covered in meters of water. Officials there released photos of a patrol car damaged by a tree and flooded streets.

In Huger, northeast of Charleston, South Carolina, Gene Taylor waited for the water to drain from his house on French Quarter Creek during high tide.

He had to learn the hard way last week to get his things upstairs or out of his house as Debby closed in. Taylor estimates this is the fourth time in the last nine years that his house has been flooded.

“In 2015, we were caught with our pants down. We waited and thought the water wouldn’t rise so quickly. But it came and caught us. We couldn’t even get the vehicles out,” Taylor said.

At least four dams broke northwest of Savannah in Bulloch County, Georgia, but no fatalities were reported, authorities said. More than 75 people were rescued from the floodwaters in the county, said Corey Kemp, emergency management director, and about 100 roads were closed.

“We were confronted with a lot of things we had never confronted before,” said Roy Thompson, chairman of the Bulloch County Commission.

“I’m over 78 years old and I’ve never seen anything like this in Bulloch County. It’s unbelievable what’s happened and unbelievable what will happen until the water gets out of here.”