Tropical Storm Elsa Kills 1 in Florida, Hurts 10 at Georgia Base

A jogger makes his way along Bayshore Blvd., in Tampa, Fla., as a wave breaks over a seawall, during the aftermath of Tropical Storm Elsa on July 7, 2021. John Raoux/AP Photo

SAVANNAH, Ga.—A weakened but resilient Tropical Storm Elsa killed at least one person in Florida on Wednesday and injured several others when a possible tornado struck a campground at a Navy base in southeast Georgia.

The National Hurricane Center said Elsa still packed 45 mph (72 kph) winds more than nine hours after making landfall along Florida’s northern Gulf Coast. The storm’s center was sweeping over southeast Georgia by 8 p.m. Wednesday.