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Conditions were deteriorating across the Florida Keys as Tropical Storm Elsa moved over the Florida Straits early Tuesday after unleashing heavy rains on Cuba, per the National Hurricane Center. Details: The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 60 mph 60 miles south-southwest of Key West at 2a.m. on Tuesday,…

The partially collapsed Miami-area condo has been demolished. Demolition crews set off explosives to bring down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo where no one has so far been found alive. The demolition Sunday night was key to resuming the search for victims of the 24…

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Hurricane Elsa was about 440 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, packing sustained winds of 75 mph and booking toward the west-northwest at 31 mph at 8 a.m. EDT Saturday. Image courtesy of the National Hurricane Center July 3 (UPI) -- After undergoing a rapid intensification, Tropical Storm Elsa is now…

Tropical Storm Elsa has battered the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it sped through the Caribbean, killing at least three people. The storm was centred about 230 kilometres east of Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday and was speeding west-northwest at 37km/h,…

Elsa fell back from a hurricane to tropical storm force as it raced towards Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday (local time), but it still threatened to unleash flooding and landslides before taking aim at Cuba and Florida. Earlier, Elsa had been classed as the first hurricane of the…

Home News Elsa reached hurricane status on Friday, July 2, 2021. (Image credit: NOAA) The first hurricane of the 2021 season, named Elsa, formed Friday morning (July 2), and is on track to impact islands in the Caribbean Sea and possibly Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).  Elsa…

Rubble hangs from a partially collapsed building in Surfside north of Miami Beach. The search at the collapsed Miami building has resumed.It was previously suspended for safety concerns.The confirmed death toll is at 18, and 145 people are still missing.The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble of a…

Elsa is the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. July 2, 2021, 9:57 PM • 6 min read Hurricane Elsa, the first of the Atlantic season, could take many paths when it reaches the United States, from the East Coast to the Gulf Coast to Florida -- including Surfside, where…

Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Sun Sentinel. Rescue workers at the deadly Surfside condo building collapse near Miami on Monday spent a fifth day using their hands and tools in a determined, yet increasingly…