Tropical Storm Elsa Turns Deadly, Unleashes Tornado in GA, Tossing RVs and Injuring 10

Tropical Storm Elsa has been slicing through the southeastern U.S., dumping some flooding rains and unleashing damaging tornadoes on its way toward the Carolinas and the coast.

Elsa made landfall on Florida's northern Gulf Coast, and police say a falling tree then hit two cars and killed a driver far away in Jacksonville which endured 50 mph wind gusts. 

"Now is a time to remember ... that weather is unpredictable," Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said during a news conference as he urged drivers to stay off the road. "This is really early in the (hurricane) season. We're just outside of the July 4th holiday, we've had our first storm and, unfortunately, we've had a fatality."

Elsa spun off a tornado that injured up to 10 people at a campground at a Navy base in southeast Georgia, flipping recreational vehicles upside-down and tossing one of them into a lake.

Another tree slammed into an apartment building as one resident describes it sounded like a tornado.

"All a sudden I saw my chairs pick up and go to the right. And then all of sudden, they went to the left about 5 seconds later. The next thing I know, the tree came down and I hear the train - you know how they say you hear the train? I heard the train!"

There's more damage across a southern swath from Florida to South Carolina as debris can be seen everywhere.

Elsa will keep moving up the East Coast today and tomorrow, bringing more heavy rain, damaging winds, and possible tornadoes.

It could regain strength as it hits the Atlantic Thursday night and then aims for the Northeast. 

A tropical storm warning is in effect north of Great Egg Inlet, New Jersey to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and for the coast of Long Island. Warnings are also in effect from New Haven, Connecticut to Massachusetts including Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket.