In Haiti, authorities urge people to leave coastal territories
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Elsa will be in Florida by Tuesday. But it will probably have weakened to a tropical storm by this time.
A new hurricane has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, which is called Elsa. It has already reached Haiti and the Dominican Republic and is heading for Cuba and the US state of Florida. It is reported by Associated Press Saturday, July 3rd.
It is indicated that while we are talking about a hurricane of the first category of five. The maximum wind speed now reaches about 130 km per hour.
In Haiti, authorities have called on people to leave coastal areas for security reasons. The hurricane knocked down trees, disrupted electricity supplies, damaged infrastructure, and destroyed crops.
A similar situation is observed in several states of the Caribbean – on the island Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
A hurricane warning was also issued by the authorities in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and several Cuban provinces. In the Dominican Republic, the authorities have organized more than 2.4 thousand shelters for people on the eve of the hurricane, powerful downpours are expected there and floods are not ruled out.
Elsa is expected to reach Florida by Tuesday of next week. But Miami’s National Hurricane Center predicts that it will probably weaken to a tropical storm by this time.
Elsa was the first hurricane to form this season. However, usually the first storms form in mid-July, and hurricanes only in the first ten days of August.
Let’s remind, in June in the USA Alabama is hit by a tropical storm… Then at least 12 people died.
Earlier in India Cyclone Tauktae claimed more than a hundred lives… The authorities have evacuated more than 200,000 people.
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