At least one killed as Tropical Storm Elsa hits Florida and sweeps into Georgia

• Several injured as possible tornado hits Georgia navy base
• ‘This could have been worse,’ says Florida governor

A weakened Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, killing at least one person in the state and injuring several others when a possible tornado struck a campground at a navy base in south-east Georgia.

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

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