Tropical Storm Elsa moved into southeastern Georgia Wednesday afternoon, where it caused a tornado that passed over a Navy base in the southeastern part of the state, injuring at least 10 people.
The phenomenon weakened after passing through the north of the Florida peninsula, where it caused at least one death.
Authorities said the Jacksonville victim was
killed by a tree that fell on her car
.
Gusts of up to 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour were recorded in that city.
Nearby, in South Georgia's Camden County, what has been described as a tornado ripped through a mobile home lot at the Kings Bay Naval Base.
About 10 people were injured and taken to hospitals by ambulances, the Navy reported.
The severity of his injuries is unknown.
Some buildings were also damaged.
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Elsa made landfall Wednesday morning near Big Bend, a swampy area north of the peninsula in Taylor County.
Its passage through the Florida Keys with hurricane force did not cause considerable damage, but the Coast Guard reported the sinking of a boat in the waters south of those islands,
an area frequented by Cuban immigrant rafts
.
So far there are 15 people rescued and nine missing, according to rescue teams.
Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall in Cedar Key, Florida, on July 7, 2021. Getty Images
A freighter rescued two people in the dark and choppy waters of the tropical storm and alerted the Coast Guard at 4:00 pm ET Tuesday, the Sun Sentinel reported.
In total, 15 people have been rescued, according to this body, with the help of another private boat, about 25 miles southeast of Key West.
The tropical storm was then sweeping that area with sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center, and at 8:00 pm it strengthened to become a category 1 hurricane. No details are yet known of who the people are. rescued and what were their circumstances.
Elsa has sustained winds of 45 miles (75 kilometers) per hour and is moving northward over southern Georgia at a speed of 14 miles (22 kilometers) per hour, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center on Wednesday at 5:00 pm Eastern time.
At the moment there are 26,000 people without electricity in Florida, reported Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Núñez.
Some 1,000 workers work to restore the energy of the affections, he said.
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"We have received no reports of significant damage," Governor Ron DeSantis told The Weather Channel on Tuesday, "there have been sporadic examples [of damage] to homes and a few other things."
The hurricane watch remains in effect on the west coast of Florida from Chassahowitzka to the Steinhatchee River in the Big Bend area.
Between three and six inches of rain is expected, with highs of up to nine in the northwest of the peninsula, with the possibility of flooding on Wednesday morning.
The storm surge could reach up to five feet
high on the coasts, which is why a tropical storm alert has been activated due to the mortal risk that this entails.