Tropical Storm Elsa slams Georgia, South Carolina coasts; 1 dead in Jacksonville; 9 missing after boat capsizes off Key West
John Bacon, Doyle Rice and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY
Tropical Storm Elsa roars up Florida coast, 4 million under hurricane warning
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After losing some of its punch, Tropical Storm Elsa headed toward the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina on Wednesday afternoon, less fearsome than before but still packing enough of a wallop to do some damage.
Elsa's maximum sustained winds had diminished from 65 mph to 45 mph as it traveled across Florida, the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 p.m. EDT update. From its location about 115 miles west-southwest of Brunswick, Georgia, the storm was expected to follow a steady path north and have an impact all the way up the Eastern Seaboard the rest of the week.