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PEMBROCK PARK, FL – Tropical Storm Elsa has the potential to turn back into a hurricane Sunday, as it continues to track it near or just west of Key West.
According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Elsa was very close to eastern Cuba and Jamaica where heavy rain and tropical storm winds were expected Sunday.
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As of 5 a.m., Elsa had sustained winds of a maximum of 65 mph and was about 85 miles east of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 185 miles east of Cabo Cruz, Cuba. It was moving from west to northwest at 14 miles per hour.
There is a tropical storm watch in effect for the Florida Keys from Craig Key west to Dry Tortugas. It is also in effect in the islands of Cayman Brac, Little Cayman and the Cuban provinces of Matanzas, Mayapeque and Havana.
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The Cuban provinces of Camague, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Las Tunas and Santiago de Cuba were under hurricane watch.
A tropical storm warning was issued for southern Haiti and the provinces of Camagüey, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguín, Las Tunas, Santiago de Cuba, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritos, Villa Clara and Cienfuegos in Cuba.
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Officials attributed at least three deaths in the Caribbean to the storm. One was in Saint Lucia and a 15-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman died in the Dominican Republic.
Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday in 15 Florida counties including Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. The other 13 counties are Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Hardy, Hernando, Hillsboro, Lee, Levi’s, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, and Sarasota.
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