Tropical Storm Elsa continued to march through the Northeast early Friday, officials with the National Hurricane Center said.
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Pedestrians dash across the intersection of Greene and Duval streets as heavy winds and rain associated with Tropical Storm Elsa passes Key West, Fla., on Tuesday, July 6, 2021.
Determined visitors head for Sloppy Joe’s Bar while crossing a flooded Duval Street as heavy winds and rain pass over Key West, Fla., Tuesday, July 6, 2021.
Looking north at the neighborhood of Paradise Island on Treasure Island, Fla., outer bands of Tropical Storm Elsa brings a downpour of rain over the area on Tuesday afternoon, July 6, 2021.
Stelios Uzunbylu, left, and Jerry Kalouris, right, secure a tarp over a cargo hold on his sponge boat on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, on Dodecanese Boulevard at the Tarpon Springs, Fla., Sponge Docks where businesses were being closed and boats were being prepared for the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa.
Shawn Frazier, 61, reinforces tarps over his Tampa home’s roof ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Frazier said there was some leaking he caught during a recent rainy day.
Jonathan Hines, left, catches a sandbag tossed by Jovan Williams, both with the City of St. Petersburg Stormwater Department, as they work along with 15-20 other employees to load up cars at the sandbag distribution site in the parking lot of the James "JC" Turner Fields, Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Athos Karistinos, 13, center, and his brother, Anastasios Karistinos, 16, emerge from their family’s gift shop, Sponge Diver Supply, after helping their father fortify the windows and doors at the business on Dodecanese Boulevard at the Tarpon Springs, Fla., Sponge Docks on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, where residents and business owners were preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa.
People walk past sand bags placed at the entrance of a restaurant to prevent flooding as Tropical Storm Elsa moves northward toward the Tampa Bay area on July 6, 2021, in Clearwater Beach, Florida, United States.
Melissa Loven, Qi Crystal Energy shop owner, left, and Crea Egan, right, prepare the store ahead of tropical storm Elsa Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Tampa, Fla.
A red flag hangs from a lifeguard station just south of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condominium building where rescue crews continue to work, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. The search effort faced new threats from severe weather with Tropical Storm Elsa.
A hotel worker stacks beach furniture as Tropical Storm Elsa moves northward toward the Tampa Bay area on July 6, 2021, in Clearwater Beach, Florida, United States. Storm is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane early Wednesday morning.
Tim Mullen, 47, and Michael Brissette, 11, cover their windows with hurricane shutters in preparation for Tropical Storm Elsa, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Tampa, Fla.
Foot traffic was sparse and most businesses closed by late Tuesday, July 6, 2021, on Dodecanese Boulevard at the Tarpon Springs, Fla., Sponge Docks where building were being prepared for the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa.
A man walks past sand bags placed at the entrance of a store to prevent flooding as Tropical Storm Elsa moves northward toward the Tampa Bay area on July 6, 2021, in Clearwater Beach, Florida, United States. Storm is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane early Wednesday morning.
John Jelkl, 71, has his wheel chair loaded down with sandbags as he leaves the sandbagging site in the parking lot of the James "JC" Turner Fields, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
A sign at Tampa International Airport advises motorists of the closing of the airport from 5 p.m. until 10 a.m as Tropical Storm Elsa moves northward toward the Tampa Bay area on July 6, 2021, in Clearwater Beach, Florida, United States.
Canceled flights are displayed on a screen at Tampa International Airport shortly before the airport closed at 5 p.m. as Tropical Storm Elsa moves northward toward the Tampa Bay area on July 6, 2021, in Clearwater Beach, Florida, United States.
Flight cancellations seen on a board at Tampa International Airport’s cell phone waiting lot on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Tampa, Fla.
