Elsa became the first hurricane of 2021 in the Atlantic on Friday as it moved into the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center said Elsa was a Category 1 hurricane as of Friday night but had ...

Elsa’s rapid ascent to hurricane intensity not only makes it the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, but does so well ahead of the historical average.

A new hurricane forecast is out from Colorado State University increased their expected number of storms for 2021, in part due to Hurricane Elsa.

Elsa also broke the record as the tropic’s fastest-moving hurricane, clocking in at 31 mph on Saturday morning, according to Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami.

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Elsa moving through the Caribbean, over Barbados, Tuesday, July 2, 2021, at 12:00 Z (8am a.m. ET).

Elsa is the earliest fifth-named storm on record, beating out last year’s Eduardo which formed on July 6, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.

An electrical pole felled by Hurricane Elsa leans on the edge of a residential balcony, in Cedars, St. Vincent, Friday, July 2, 2021.

Elsa is the earliest fifth-named storm on record, said Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami. Frisaro contributed from Fort Lauderdale.

Elsa last week also became the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic season, but it was downgraded to a tropical storm Saturday. Forecasters said Elsa should weaken after it moves over land and ...

Hurricane-force winds extended 25 miles from the center. Elsa was about 475 miles east-southeast of Isla Beata, Dominican Republic.

The 2021 season started early in May with tropical storm Ana. Between June and July, tropical storm Bill, tropical Storm Claudette, tropical storm Danny and hurricane Elsa formed.

In fact, in over a century, no hurricane has made landfall in the Garden State. Most of the systems that make it here have ...