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Let's get right to the news. Tropical Storm Elsa is lashing Florida. It's been downgraded from a

category one hurricane as it nears landfall around Tampa. More than four million people are in the

storm's path as strong winds and heavy rain pummel the Gulf Coast. Let's get right to meteorologist, Janessa Webb, for more on the storm's path.

Janessa, good morning.

And good morning, Casey.

You know, I do have some better news this morning.

We do have a lopsided storm system, and so things are starting to crumble apart.

You can see the western side of this storm really non-existent.

It's the eastern part that's really lashing across central Florida. And right now, that is causing

a severe weather threat. We have tornado warnings that are expanding all the way from Fort Myers to

Orlando. So we're going to be watching that for the next few hours. Our latest update from

the National Weather Service, 50 miles southwest of Cedar Key, Florida. And that is where we're

going to see our expected landfall around 1 a.m. this afternoon around and also for that 3 o'clock

hours. So in that time range,

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