热带风暴艾尔莎已于年登陆古巴在加勒比海肆虐之后，给该岛带来了暴雨和强风。
被降级为热带的系统暴风雨成为第一个飓风在2021年大西洋季节，周一下午在古巴西南海岸登陆，当时它以每小时14英里的速度向西北方向移动。周一早些时候，最大持续风速为每小时65英里，但风暴登陆后减弱，现在持续风速为每小时50英里。
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2021年7月4日，在埃尔萨飓风的危险过后，人们聚集在古巴圣地亚哥的户外
截至周一上午11点，艾尔莎给古巴南部海岸带来了强风和暴雨。预计到周一，古巴中部和西部的情况仍将持续，全天将出现危险的山洪、泥石流、风暴潮和巨浪。
当风暴经过古巴时，它将把目光投向美国，系统的外带影响到基斯和南方的部分地区佛罗里达州到下午2点，古巴和佛罗里达群岛的部分地区已经发布了热带风暴监视和警报，而佛罗里达西海岸的风暴潮监视正在生效。
预计埃尔莎将于周二早些时候经过佛罗里达群岛附近，届时会有更强的降雨和热带大风。目前的预报显示，风暴中心袭击了基韦斯特西部，但几轮暴雨、强风和一些风暴潮和汹涌的海浪将影响基韦斯特的大部分地区。
在大部分风暴到来之前，零星阵雨和雷暴将于周一下午开始影响基斯和南佛罗里达，并将带来局部暴雨和阵风。
风暴将于周二和周三在佛罗里达西海岸附近或上空移动。
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2021年7月3日，在海地太子港，一名男子在应对热带风暴艾尔莎时加固屋顶。
到周二晚上，坦帕湾地区可能会首当其冲，因为它沿着该州的墨西哥湾海岸移动。从迈尔斯堡到坦帕的地方将经历倾盆大雨、强风和风暴潮——涨潮时最高可达4英尺。
到周三早上，当风暴向内陆移动进入北佛罗里达和佐治亚州部分地区时，它将减弱为一个低压。
佛罗里达半岛、沿海的佐治亚州和卡罗莱纳州应该监测风暴的进程，因为周一下午可能会发布更多的观察和警告。
周五，埃尔莎飓风以每小时74英里的速度袭击巴巴多斯，摧毁了那里的几个建筑。
周六，强降雨还破坏了海地的房屋，周日，牙买加部分地区被洪水淹没。
风暴向西移动的轨迹可能会使现场的恢复工作得以进行佛罗里达州Surfside倒塌的公寓大楼，靠近该州东海岸的迈阿密海滩。
尚普兰塔公寓的剩余部分被拆除了暴风雨前的周日晚上。
冲浪区市长查尔斯·伯克特将热带风暴“艾尔莎”形容为“塞翁失马焉知非福”，因为它引发了拆除6月24日部分坍塌后留下的建筑的讨论。
Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall in Cuba, edges toward US
Tropical Storm Elsahas made landfall inCuba, bringing torrential rain and strong winds to the island after it wreaked havoc on the Caribbean.
The system, which was downgraded to a tropicalstormover the weekend after becoming the firsthurricanein the 2021 Atlantic season, made landfall on the southwest coast of Cuba on Monday afternoon as it headed northwest at 14 mph. Maximum sustained winds were clocking in at 65 mph earlier Monday, but the storm weakened after hitting land, with sustained winds now at 50 mph.
By 11 a.m. Monday, Elsa was bringing strong, gusty winds and torrential rain to the southern coast of Cuba. The conditions are expected to remain across central and western Cuba through Monday, bringing dangerous flash flooding, mudslides, storm surge and rough surf throughout the day.
The storm will set its sights for the U.S. as it moves through Cuba -- with the outerbands of the system affecting parts of the Keys and SouthFloridaby 2 p.m. Tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued in parts of Cuba and the Florida Keys, while a storm surge watch is in effect for the west coast of Florida.
Elsa is then expected to pass near the Florida Keys with heavier rain and tropical force winds early Tuesday. The current forecast shows the center of the storm hitting west of Key West, but rounds of heavy rain, strong winds and some storm surge and rough surge will impact much of the Keys.
Ahead of the bulk of the storm, scattered showers and thunderstorms will begin to impact the Keys and South Florida on Monday afternoon and will bring locally heavy downpours and gusty winds.
The storm will then move near or over the west coast of Florida on Tuesday and Wednesday.
By Tuesday evening, the Tampa Bay area will likely bear the brunt of the storm as it moves up the state's Gulf Coast. Places from Fort Myers to Tampa will experience heavy downpours, strong winds and storm surge -- measuring up to 4 feet during high tide.
By Wednesday morning, the storm will weaken to a depression as it moves inland into North Florida and parts of Georgia.
The Florida peninsula, coastal Georgia and the Carolinas should monitor the progress of the storm, as additional watches and warnings will likely be issued Monday afternoon.
Elsa destroyed several structures in Barbados when it hit as a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds at 74 mph on Friday.
The heavy rainfall also damaged homes in Haiti on Saturday and flooded parts of Jamaica on Sunday.
The westward trajectory of the storm will possibly spare recovery efforts at the site of thecollapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida,near Miami Beach on the east coast of the state.
What remained of the Champlain Towers condominiumwas demolishedSunday night ahead of the storm.
Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett described Tropical Storm Elsa as a "blessing in disguise" because it fueled discussions to demolish the building left standing after the partial collapse on June 24.
