RALEIGH, N.C. -- Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Friday as it battered the eastern Caribbean, where officials closed schools, businesses and airports under the ...

Elsa weakened again overnight, its top winds falling to 75 mph, putting it barely at hurricane strength, according to the 5 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Although it’s not expected ...

Elsa weakened to tropical storm status Saturday morning, its wind speed falling to 70 mph as it started to rough up Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The storm is not projected to regain hurricane ...

MIAMI, Fla. — Elsa has strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the 2021 Atlantic season. The National Hurricane Center announced that the storm had become a Category 1 hurricane shortly before 8 a ...