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Warnings, according to the NHC, mean hurricane conditions will arrive within 24 hours.
Forecasters also warn of storm surges – for nearly 400 miles of coastline, from Bonita Beach to the Aucilla River in Jefferson County.
Tampa Bay could experience a five-foot surge, and the Panhandle Coast between 2 and four feet.
“It is important for Floridians to have weather alerts turned on on your phone in your home as you continue to monitor conditions in the area,” said DeSantis.
Tampa International Airport cancelled all commercial flights at 5 p.m. Tuesday and cargo flights at 10 p.m. Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers also postponed flights.
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Hurricane Elsa Upgraded, Path Has it Aiming For Florida and Gaining Speed
On 7/6/21 at 8:13 PM EDT
The tropical cyclone Elsa that s traveling up the west coast of Florida on Tuesday evening has gone back to being a category 1 hurricane, according to the latest advisory by the National Weather Service (NWS).
Hurricane Elsa is about 100 miles southwest of Tampa and due west of Fort Myers and Cape Coral. The latest advisory states that Elsa has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. A tropical storm becomes a Cat 1 at 74 mph.
Elsa made Cat 1 status on Friday before dropping wind speed and falling back to a tropical storm by Saturday. The storm s winds dropped to 60 mph, and then 50 before gaining more strength as it passed through Cuba Monday and got into the Gulf of Mexico.
Aux Etats-Unis, l’ouragan Elsa se rapproche des côtes de Floride Elsa, temporairement rétrogradé samedi en tempête tropicale, est le premier ouragan de la saison dans l’Atlantique. Il devrait toucher terre « mercredi matin » en Floride. Le Monde avec AFP Temps de Lecture 2 min.
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Une fois qu’il aura touché la côte ouest de Floride, Elsa devrait perdre de sa puissance en traversant l’intérieur des terres pour remonter vers la Géorgie et les Etats de Caroline du Sud et du Nord. OCTAVIO JONES / REUTERS