Hurricane Elsa is racing towards Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where it threatens to unleash flooding and landslides before taking aim at Cuba and Florida. A hurricane warning was issued for for Jamaica and from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to Punta Palenque in the Dominican Republic. Elsa is forecast to brush past the southernmost point of Hispaniola by early Saturday afternoon and then take aim at communities in southern Haiti. Here are the 11 pm EDT Key Messages for Hurricane #Elsa. Elsa is the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and the earliest fifth-named storm on record.

Source: Irish Independent July 03, 2021 03:56 UTC