As Elsa churned over the Florida Keys and headed up the state s Gulf Coast Tuesday, tourist sites, schools, government offices, and airports shuttered and shelters opened in numerous Florida counties, while a state of emergency was issued in Georgia ahead of the storm s possible consequences there.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an emergency declaration covering more than half of the state s counties on Tuesday night.
Elsa became a hurricane on Tuesday night. Many counties in the Tampa Bay region established or planned to open shelters. No mandatory evacuation orders were issued, but some people were encouraged to evacuate.
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