Tropical Storm Elsa approaches Cuba and eyes Florida

Tropical Storm Elsa is bearing down on Cuba, with the Miami-based National Hurricane Center predicting it would move over the eastern part of the island on Sunday evening and through the rest of the country on Monday. As of 5 p.m. ET Sunday, Elsa had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and was located about 15 miles west of Cabo Cruz, Cuba.

The National Hurricane Center said the storm is expected to weaken as it moves across Cuba on Monday. It is then expected to pass near the Florida Keys early Tuesday before moving over parts of the western Florida coast on Tuesday and Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said.  At least one death in St. Lucia has been attributed to the storm, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. According to a statement from the Emergency Operations Center given to The Associated Press, a 15-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman died Saturday in separate events in the Dominican Republic after walls collapsed on them.