Hurricane

Elsa seen (at right) along the western coast of Florida, regained Category 1 hurricane strength on Tuesday night as it made a path toward landfall in Tampa. Image courtesy NOAA/NHC July 6 (UPI) -- Elsa regained hurricane strength as it moves up along the southwestern coast of Florida toward Tampa,…

(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) — A storm that has lashed the Caribbean and the Florida Keys with pounding rain and gusty winds and complicated the search for survivors in a deadly condominium collapse has strengthened into a hurricane. The National Weather Service said Tuesday that Hurricane Elsa was packing winds as…

Landfall is expected Wednesday morning near Cedar Key, Florida. July 6, 2021, 11:52 PM • 8 min read Elsa has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday night just southwest of Tampa Bay with sustained winds of 75 mph. Landfall is expected around 8 or 9 a.m. Wednesday near the…

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…

Heavy rains and gusty winds were spreading inland across southwest and west-central Florida as Elsa weakened to a still-dangerous tropical storm early Wenesday, per the National Hurricane Center. State of play: Elsa was 60 miles west of Tampa, Florida, packing maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, the National Hurricane Center…

Elsa strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday night as it barreled up Florida's west coast, threatening heavy rain, flooding and high winds. The storm intensified from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph by 7:45 p.m., the National Hurricane Center said. Its center…

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This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image taken at 12:00 UTC on July 6, 2021 shows Tropical Storm Elsa moving towards the US state of Florida after moving up from Cuba in the Caribbean. HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Elsa is strengthening and could…

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Tropical Storm Elsa kept on a path toward Florida on Monday, threatening the Florida Keys and the state's Gulf Coast after having killed at least three people in the Caribbean. Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center said they expected the storm to move into the Florida Straits on Monday night…