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Monday,5 July 2021 (YJC) _,5 July 2021 (YJC) _Tropical storm warning is in effect for parts of Cuba and Jamaica, as well as areas in the US state of Florida.
Cuba has evacuated 180,000 people across the island amid concerns Tropical Storm Elsa could cause severe flooding after three people were killed across the Caribbean in the storm’s wake.
A tropical storm warning was in effect for several Cuban provinces, including Havana, as well as Jamaica, the Florida Keys and Florida’s southwest coast, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday afternoon.
The Cuban government has opened shelters and moved to protect sugarcane and cocoa crops ahead of the storm. Most of those evacuated went to relatives’ homes, while thousands sheltered at government facilities.
The storm registered maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometres per hour (60 miles per hour), the NHC said at 2pm (18:00 GMT) on Sunday, but those could strengthen throughout the day and into Sunday night as it approaches Cuba’s south-central coast.
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