Hurricane Elsa could be headed to Florida by Monday

Hurricane Elsa is moving toward Florida.

As of early Saturday morning, Hurricane Elsa was moving toward the south coast of Hispaniola, an island in the Caribbean, and conditions are expected “to deteriorate there over the next several hours,” according to the National Hurricane Center.

The advisory said the Florida peninsula and the Florida Keys “should monitor the progress of Elsa.”

And, “By Monday, Elsa is expected to move across central and western Cuba and head toward the Florida straights.” Rainfall from Elsa is likely to impact parts of the Florida Keys and south Florida early next week, according to the advisory.

That said, the forecast was still not certain because of potential interaction with the islands of Hispaniola and Cuba this weekend.

More to come…

Diane Rado has covered state and local government and public schools in six states over some 30 years, focusing on policy and investigative stories as well as legislative and political reporting. She spent most of her career at the St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay) Times and the Chicago Tribune. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and did a fellowship in education reform at the University of Michigan in 1999-2000. She is married to a journalist and has three adult children.

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