Hurricane Elsa

Hurricane Elsa is a currently active tropical cyclone affecting the Windward Islands and threatening portions of the Caribbean. The fifth tropical cyclone and first hurricane of the ongoing 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Elsa was first monitored by the National Hurricane Center as a tropical wave on June 29, and was designated as a potential tropical cyclone while moving westward across the Atlantic the next day. After showing signs of better-defined low-level circulation, the cyclone was upgraded into a tropical depression by 03:00 UTC on July 1, then further to Tropical Storm Elsa a few hours later. At 10:45 UTC on July 2, Elsa was upgraded to a hurricane. It is the strongest July hurricane in the eastern Caribbean Sea since Hurricane Emily in 2005.