周二晚上，埃尔莎在坦帕湾西南方向增强为1级飓风，持续风速为每小时75英里。
预计将于周三上午8点或9点左右在佛罗里达州西海岸的大湾区附近登陆。
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预计埃尔莎将继续增强为1级飓风，并在大峡谷登陆...
风速为每小时74英里或更高的风暴被认为是飓风。
埃尔莎的道路不在迈阿密，救援人员仍在那里搜寻致命的Surfside公寓倒塌的受害者。
搜救工作仍在继续一夜风雨，短暂停留闪电迈阿密戴德县市长丹妮尔·莱文·卡瓦周二表示，根据法律规定。冲浪市长查尔斯·伯克特说，风也阻碍了大型起重机搬运沉重的碎片。
飓风警报在佛罗里达州北部海湾沿岸生效，同时从迈阿密到坦帕的龙卷风警报一直持续到晚上11点
位于盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学已经取消了周三的所有课程，因为艾尔莎要关门了。
坦帕国际机场从周二下午5点至周三上午10点暂停运营，萨拉索塔·布雷登顿国际机场从下午6点30分至早上6点停止运营
风暴潮沿着佛罗里达海湾海岸可能达到3到5英尺。
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沿着佛罗里达海湾海岸，风暴潮可能达到3到5英尺。
截至周四，佛罗里达州、佐治亚州和卡罗莱纳州的总降雨量可能会攀升至6至8英寸。
州长珍妮特·努内斯周二表示，在过去两周降雨量增加了300%之后，阳光州许多地方的地面已经饱和。
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从佛罗里达州西南部一直到佐治亚州，总降雨量可能达到6至8英寸或更多...
居民应该做好准备接下来几天没有电力供应，但是佛罗里达州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯说，预计不会有大范围的疏散。
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梅丽莎·洛文和克雷亚·伊根在热带风暴艾尔莎到来之前，在一家商店前放置沙袋...
在快速穿过佛罗里达之后，当艾尔莎穿过乔治亚州的萨凡纳和南卡罗来纳州的查尔斯顿时，它将减弱为热带风暴或热带低压。
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Elsa将在本周末给大西洋中部和东北部带来降雨和风力等影响。
到本周末，艾尔莎将给大西洋中部和东北部带来风雨。
Elsa strengthens to Category 1 hurricane before Florida landfall: Latest forecast
Elsa has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday night just southwest of Tampa Bay with sustained winds of 75 mph.
Landfall is expected around 8 or 9 a.m. Wednesday near the Big Bend region along Florida's west coast.
Storms with winds of 74 mph or higher are considered hurricanes.
Elsa's path is sparing Miami, where rescuers are still searching forvictims of the deadly Surfside condo collapse.
Search and rescue efforts continuedthrough the rain and wind overnight, pausing only briefly forlightningas per the law, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Tuesday. The wind has also hampered large cranes from moving heavy debris, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkettsaid.
A hurricane warning is in effect along Florida’s northern Gulf Coast while a tornado watch has been issued from Miami to Tampa through 11 p.m.
The University of Florida in Gainesville has canceled all classes for Wednesday as Elsa closes in.
Tampa International Airport is suspending operations from 5 p.m. Tuesday until 10 a.m. Wednesday while the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport is stopping operations from 6:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Storm surgecould reach 3 to 5 feet along Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Rainfall totals may climb to 6 to 8 inches across Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas through Thursday.
The ground in many parts of the Sunshine State is already saturated after a 300% rain increase over the last two weeks, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez said Tuesday.
Residents should be prepared to bewithout power for the next few days,but widespread evacuations aren't expected, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
After barreling through Florida, Elsa will weaken to a tropical storm or tropical depression as it moves through Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina.
By the end of the week, Elsa will bring rain and wind to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
