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SANTO DOMINGO( REUTERS) – A slightly weakened Elsa was close to the southwestern peninsula of Haiti on Saturday( July 3), prompting tropical storm warnings for large swaths of Hispaniola, Cuba and Jamaica. The US National Hurricane Centre( NHC) said an aircraft measured maximum sustained winds at 110kmh. This downgraded Elsa to a tropical storm from a hurricane, which is defined as having winds of at least 121kh. Elsa’s centre was close to the southwestern peninsula of Haiti, according to the NH