{"id":580408,"date":"2021-07-02T19:36:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T23:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=580408"},"modified":"2021-07-02T19:36:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T23:36:07","slug":"tropical-storm-elsa-strengthens-to-hurricane-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-elsa-strengthens-to-hurricane-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Elsa strengthens to hurricane status"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftropical-storm-elsa-strengthens-to-hurricane-status%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=580408&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2445111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2445111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man walks across the street as the outer bands of Hurricane Delta make landfall in Galveston, Texas on October 9, 2020. (MARK FELIX\/AFP \/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:24 PM PT \u2013 Friday, July 2, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Tropical Storm Elsa has strengthened to hurricane status as it has continued to move north through the Caribbean. Hurricane Elsa picked up strength over the Atlantic early on Friday as meteorologists estimated it will make landfall in the Southeast U.S. sometime next week.<\/p>\n<p>So far, hurricane warnings have been issued in Barbados, St. Vincent and Jamaica with officials estimating sustained winds of 74 mph and gusts of 84 mph.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Elsa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Elsa<\/a> could reach Category 2 force as it menaces the Caribbean:<\/p>\n<p>After strengthening into a hurricane early this morning, the storm continued growing stronger and was packing winds of 85 mph. Get the latest: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QNLHR0g1o5\">https:\/\/t.co\/QNLHR0g1o5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AccuWeather (@accuweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/accuweather\/status\/1411069170368892928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Researchers said Elsa is the farthest east a hurricane has formed this early in the year since 1933. This comes amid a year of unusual weather events.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/court-clears-way-for-third-degree-murder-charges-against-officers-involved-in-death-of-george-floyd\/\">Court Clears Way For Third-Degree Murder Charges Against Officers Involved In Death Of George Floyd<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man walks across the street as the outer bands of Hurricane Delta make landfall in Galveston, Texas on October 9, 2020. 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