Tropical Storm Elsa moves over central Cuba
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Havana, Jul 5 (EFE).- Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall just after midday on Monday at a spot on Cuba’s Zapata Peninsula, on the southern coast of the western province of Matanzas, the Meteorology Institute (Insmet) reported.
Elsa is moving at 22 kilometers (13.5 miles) per hour with maximum sustained winds of 100 kph ((62 mph) and is predicted to remain over Cuban territory for about eight hours dumping heavy rain on the island’s western and central zones.
Forecasts indicate that the storm will leave Cuba Monday evening heading northwest after passing over the provinces of Artemisa, La Habana and Mayabeque, where a weather “alarm” has been declared by the Cuban Civil Defense authorities.