公式の/役人s: 嵐/襲撃する 攻撃するing Florida 強化するs into ハリケーン

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A 嵐/襲撃する that has 攻撃するd the Caribbean and the Florida 重要なs with 続けざまに猛撃するing rain and gusty 勝利,勝つd and 複雑にするd the search for 生存者s in a deadly condominium 崩壊(する) has 強化するd into a ハリケーン.

The 国家の 天候 Service said Tuesday that ハリケーン Elsa was packing 勝利,勝つd as high as 75 mph (121 kph) as it hurtled toward Florida´s northern 湾 Coast. The 部類 1 嵐/襲撃する is 推定する/予想するd to make landfall between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Wednesday, somewhere between the Tampa Bay area and the Big Bend 地域.

In 新規加入 to 損失ing 勝利,勝つd and 強い雨s, the Miami-based U.S. 国家の ハリケーン 中心 警告するd of life-脅すing 嵐/襲撃する 殺到するs, flooding and 孤立するd トルネード,竜巻s. A ハリケーン 警告 has been 問題/発行するd for a long stretch of coastline, from Egmont 重要な at the mouth of Tampa Bay to the Steinhatchee River in Florida's Big Bend area. Landfall was 推定する/予想するd somewhere in between.

The Tampa area is 高度に 攻撃を受けやすい to 嵐/襲撃する 殺到する because the 沖合いの/海外の waters and Tampa Bay are やめる shallow, 専門家s say. Gov. Ron DeSantis said the area would take a hard 攻撃する,衝突する from the 嵐/襲撃する 夜通し.

Now is "not a time to joyride" because "we do have 危険な 条件s out there," DeSantis said at a news 会議/協議会 Tuesday. The 嵐/襲撃する is 推定する/予想するd to make landfall between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Wednesday, he said.

Still, on the 障壁 island beach towns along the 湾 Coast, it was 大部分は 商売/仕事 as usual with few shutters or plywood boards going up 早期に Tuesday. 解放する/自由な sandbags were 存在 手渡すd out at several 場所s, and a 限られた/立憲的な number of 嵐/襲撃する 避難所s opened Tuesday morning in at least four 郡s around the Tampa Bay area, although no 避難/引き上げs have been ordered.

Wind moves the grass and palm trees under a cloudy sky after the passage of Tropical Storm Elsa in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

勝利,勝つd moves the grass and palm trees under a cloudy sky after the passage of 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Nancy Brindley, 85, who lives in a seaside house built in 1923, said she has experienced 34 previous 熱帯の サイクロンs and is not having shutters put on her windows. Her main 関心 is what will happen to sand on the 隣接する beach and the dunes that 保護する her house and others. She´s staying through the 嵐/襲撃する.

"The main 関心 here is, if it doesn´t 速度(を上げる) up and decides to 立ち往生させる, there will be enormous 腐食," she said.

Friends Chris Wirtz, 47, and Brendan Peregrine, 44, were staying put at a beachfront inn with their families. Both are from Tampa, about 25 miles (40 キロメーターs) across the bay and have been through 嵐/襲撃するs many times.

"Before we left, we knew it was coming," Wirtz said.

Others were taking no chances. Annie Jones, 51, has lived along the 湾 Coast her entire life. She was buying ice and food at a 地元の grocery 蓄える/店 in 前進する of the 嵐/襲撃する.

""I´ve seen this happen over the years and I decided to 負担 up," Jones said.

Across the Tampa Bay 地域 that´s home to about 3.5 million people, events, 政府 offices and schools were の近くにing 負かす/撃墜する 早期に Tuesday in 前進する of the 嵐/襲撃する. Tampa International Airport shut 負かす/撃墜する at 5 p.m.

Duke Energy, the main electric 公共事業(料金)/有用性 in the Tampa Bay area, said in a 声明 it has about 3,000 従業員s, 請負業者s, tree specialists and support 職員/兵員 ready to 答える/応じる to 力/強力にする outages in the 嵐/襲撃する´s 影響. 付加 乗組員s are 存在 brought in from other 明言する/公表するs served by Duke Energy. "We´re trained and 用意が出来ている, and we want to 確実にする our 顧客s are 安全な and 用意が出来ている for any 衝撃s from the 嵐/襲撃する," said Todd Fountain, the 公共事業(料金)/有用性´s Florida 嵐/襲撃する director.

The fifth game of the Stanley Cup 決勝戦 between the Tampa Bay 雷 and Montreal Canadiens, 始める,決める for Wednesday night, will take place, Tampa 市長 Jane Castor said. The 雷 lead the NHL´s 選手権 series 3-1 and could clinch the 肩書を与える with a victory.

禁止(する)d of rain reached Surfside on Florida's 大西洋 coast, soaking the がれき of the Champlain Towers South, which 崩壊(する)d June 24, 殺人,大当り at least 36 people. Search and 救助(する) 乗組員s have worked through rain in search of more than 100 others 原因不明の/行方不明の(unaccounnted-for) for, although 雷 軍隊d 救助者s to pause their work for two hours 早期に Tuesday, 公式の/役人s said.

Its 核心 was about 100 miles (160 キロメーターs) south of Tampa. It was continuing to move to the north at 14 mph (about 23 kph), によれば the 国家の ハリケーン 中心.

DeSantis 拡大するd a 明言する/公表する of 緊急 to cover 33 郡s.

After Florida, 予報官s 予報するd Elsa would 攻撃する,衝突する 沿岸の Georgia and South Carolina, 部分s of which were under a 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する 警告.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp 問題/発行するd a 明言する/公表する of 緊急 Tuesday 影響する/感情ing 92 郡s in middle, south and southeast Georgia in 準備 for the 嵐/襲撃する.

Elsa´s 西方の 転換 spared the lower Florida 重要なs a direct 攻撃する,衝突する, but the islands were still getting plenty of rain and 勝利,勝つd Tuesday.

Cuban 公式の/役人s 避難させるd 180,000 people against the 可能性 of 激しい flooding from a 嵐/襲撃する that already 乱打するd several Caribbean islands, 殺人,大当り at least three people.

Elsa i s the earliest fifth-指名するd 嵐/襲撃する on 記録,記録的な/記録する, said Brian McNoldy, a ハリケーン 研究員 at the University of Miami.

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Frisaro 与える/捧げるd from Fort Lauderdale.

Photographers take pictures of the sky full of clouds after the passage of Tropical Storm Elsa, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Photographers take pictures of the sky 十分な of clouds after the passage of 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A photographer takes a photo with his cell phone of a rainbow that came out after of the passage of Tropical Storm Elsa, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A photographer takes a photo with his 独房 phone of a rainbow that (機の)カム out after of the passage of 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at 5:50 p.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Elsa in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Elsa is strengthening and could became a hurricane before making landfall along Florida's north Gulf coast. In addition to damaging winds and heavy rains, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center warned of life-threatening storm surges, flooding and isolated tornadoes, (NOAA via AP)

This GOES-16 GeoColor 衛星 image taken Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at 5:50 p.m. EDT, and 供給するd by NOAA, shows 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa in the 湾 of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The 国家の ハリケーン 中心 says 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa is 強化するing and could became a ハリケーン before making landfall along Florida's north 湾 coast. In 新規加入 to 損失ing 勝利,勝つd and 強い雨s, the Miami-based U.S. 国家の ハリケーン 中心 警告するd of life-脅すing 嵐/襲撃する 殺到するs, flooding and 孤立するd トルネード,竜巻s, (NOAA 経由で AP)

Fishermen inspect their boats after they have been taken out of the bay to avoid damage from the passage of Tropical Storm Elsa, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Fishermen 検査/視察する their boats after they have been taken out of the bay to 避ける 損失 from the passage of 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

New homeowner Breanna Landers, 30, of Brandon, thanks park 特別奇襲隊員s Elizabeth Peterson and Chad Cash while they 負担 sandbags inside the trunk of her 乗り物 at a Hillsborough 郡 場所/位置 to help 居住(者)s 準備する for 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa at Edward Medard 自然保護 Park in 工場/植物 City, Fla., on Monday, July 5, 2021. (Ivy Ceballo/Tampa Bay Times 経由で AP)

People fill sandbags to prep for storm Elsa at Walsingham Park, Monday, July 5, 2021 in Seminole, Fla.  (Arielle Bader /Tampa Bay Times via AP)

People fill sandbags to prep for 嵐/襲撃する Elsa at Walsingham Park, Monday, July 5, 2021 in Seminole, Fla. (Arielle Bader /Tampa Bay Times 経由で AP)

Park rangers Kevin Anderson, Chad Cash, Antonio Valdez and Elizabeth Peterson work together to load sandbags inside the trunk of a vehicle at a Hillsborough County distribution site for residents preparing ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa at Edward Medard Conservation Park in Plant City, Fla., on Monday, July 5, 2021. (Ivy Ceballo/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Park 特別奇襲隊員s Kevin Anderson, Chad Cash, Antonio Valdez and Elizabeth Peterson work together to 負担 sandbags inside the trunk of a 乗り物 at a Hillsborough 郡 配当 場所/位置 for 居住(者)s 準備するing ahead of 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa at Edward Medard 自然保護 Park in 工場/植物 City, Fla., on Monday, July 5, 2021. (Ivy Ceballo/Tampa Bay Times 経由で AP)

Motorists wait in line at a Hillsborough County sandbag distribution site in preparation for Tropical Storm Elsa at Edward Medard Conservation Park in Plant City, Fla., on Monday, July 5, 2021.  (Ivy Ceballo/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

運転者s wait in line at a Hillsborough 郡 sandbag 配当 場所/位置 in 準備 for 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa at Edward Medard 自然保護 Park in 工場/植物 City, Fla., on Monday, July 5, 2021. (Ivy Ceballo/Tampa Bay Times 経由で AP)

Home Depot department supervisor, Arnaldo Gonzalez, loads water bottles into Elena Arvalo's shopping cart as shoppers prepare for possible effects of tropical storm Elsa in Miami on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Elsa fell back to tropical storm force as it brushed past Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday and threatened to unleash flooding and landslides before taking aim at Cuba and Florida.  (Al Diaz/Miami H
erald via AP)

Home 倉庫・駅 department 監督者, Arnaldo Gonzalez, 負担s water 瓶/封じ込めるs into Elena Arvalo's shopping cart as shoppers 準備する for possible 影響s of 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa in Miami on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Elsa fell 支援する to 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する 軍隊 as it 小衝突d past Haiti and the Dominican 共和国 on Saturday and 脅すd to 抑えるのをやめる flooding and 地滑りs before taking 目的(とする) at Cuba and Florida. (Al Diaz/Miami 先触れ(する) 経由で AP)

Frank Barakat carries his daughter Valentina, 2, through an shopping aisle dedicated for hurricane supplies as the Home Depot store prepares for possible effects of tropical storm Elsa in Miami on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Elsa fell back to tropical storm force as it brushed past Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday and threatened to unleash flooding and landslides before taking aim at Cuba and Florida.  (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)

Frank Barakat carries his daughter Valentina, 2, through an shopping aisle 献身的な for ハリケーン 供給(する)s as the Home 倉庫・駅 蓄える/店 準備するs for possible 影響s of 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa in Miami on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Elsa fell 支援する to 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する 軍隊 as it 小衝突d past Haiti and the Dominican 共和国 on Saturday and 脅すd to 抑えるのをやめる flooding and 地滑りs before taking 目的(とする) at Cuba and Florida. (Al Diaz/Miami 先触れ(する) 経由で AP)

Pedestrians dash across the intersection of Greene and Duval streets as heavy winds and rain associated with Tropical Storm Elsa passes Key West, Fla., on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. The weather was getting worse in southern Florida on Tuesday morning as Tropical Storm Elsa began lashing the Florida Keys, complicating the search for survivors in the condo collapse and prompting a hurricane watch for the peninsula's upper Gulf Coast. (Rob O'Neal/The Key West Citizen via AP)

歩行者s dash across the 交差点 of Greene and Duval streets as 激しい 勝利,勝つd and rain associated with 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa passes 重要な West, Fla., on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. The 天候 was getting worse in southern Florida on Tuesday morning as 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa began 攻撃するing the Florida 重要なs, 複雑にするing the search for 生存者s in the condo 崩壊(する) and 誘発するing a ハリケーン watch for the 半島's upper 湾 Coast. (略奪する O'Neal/The 重要な West 国民 経由で AP)

Determined visitors head for Sloppy Joe's Bar while crossing a flooded Duval Street as heavy winds and rain pass over Key West, Fla., Tuesday, July 6, 2021. The weather was getting worse in southern Florida on Tuesday morning as Tropical Storm Elsa began lashing the Florida Keys, complicating the search for survivors in the condo collapse and prompting a hurricane watch for the peninsula's upper Gulf Coast. (Rob O'Neal/The Key West Citizen via AP)

決定するd 訪問者s 長,率いる for Sloppy Joe's 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業 while crossing a flooded Duval Street as 激しい 勝利,勝つd and rain pass over 重要な West, Fla., Tuesday, July 6, 2021. The 天候 was getting worse in southern Florida on Tuesday morning as 熱帯の 嵐/襲撃する Elsa began 攻撃するing the Florida 重要なs, 複雑にするing the search for 生存者s in the condo 崩壊(する) and 誘発するing a ハリケーン watch for the 半島's upper 湾 Coast. (略奪する O'Neal/The 重要な West 国民 経由で AP)

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