
Tropical Storm Elsa weakens and slows, but a tropical storm watch is in effect for South Florida
CNN
Tropical Storm Elsa is a little weaker and slower Sunday as it swirls away from Haiti toward Jamaica and Cuba, according to the National Hurricane Center, but a tropical storm watch is in effect for the Florida Keys.
The hurricane center said as of 5 a.m. ET, Elsa was moving west-northwest at 14 mph with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. Its center was located 85 miles east of Kingston, Jamaica. Late Saturday, the storm battered parts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti with heavy rain and high winds as its center passed to the south.
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