- Elsa became the first hurricane of the season last week.Elsa’s path will cut across north Florida with heavy rains, winds.The storm will move on to Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia later in the week.
After a slog up the west coast of Florida, Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall around 11 a.m. Wednesday morning in lightly populated Taylor County along the state’s northern Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said.
Forecasters say Elsa’s path will cut across north Florida inland with heavy rains and wind and move on to Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia before heading out in the Atlantic Ocean by Friday.
Earlier, Key West streets had turned to roaring rivers