Heavy Rains, Winds and Power Outages Occur as Storm Elsa Batters Florida

Heavy Rains, Winds
and Power Outages Occur, as Storm Elsa Batters Florida.
On July 6, tropical storm Elsa was briefly
upgraded to a hurricane overnight. .
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC),
the storm was approximately 65 miles
southwest of Tampa with sustained winds of 75 mph.
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC),
the storm was approximately 65 miles
southwest of Tampa with sustained winds of 75 mph.
Several hours later, the hurricane warning
was downgraded to a tropical storm
by the NHC.
The storm is expected to make landfall over the northern Florida Gulf Coast on July 7.
Tropical storm conditions are
occurring across portions
of southwest Florida and will
continue to spread
northward along the west coast
of the state within the warning area
through Wednesday morning, National Hurricane Center, via The Independent.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis expanded the existing state of emergency from 15 counties to 33, while hurricane warnings are in place for seven.
Commercial flights from the Tampa airport were briefly suspended until 10 a.m. July 7. .
Elsa is the first hurricane of the 2021
Atlantic season to affect the sunshine city