A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta has sliced across Cuba and is aimed at the southern tip of Florida, where officials are bracing for a storm that could hit at hurricane force after leaving scores of people dead and over 100 missing in Mexico and Central America.
The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said declared hurricane and storm surge warnings for the Keys from Ocean Reef to the Dry Tortugas, including Florida Bay, with the storm expected to reach that area by Sunday night or early Monday.
Florida officials closed beaches, ports and COVID testing sites, shut down public…
