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The Atlantic's first tropical storm developed Saturday morning, chugging along toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, although forecasters weren't sure how close it might come to disrupting oil spill recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical Storm Alex, just before 11 a.m. on Saturday, boasted winds of about 40 mph.

``Barely a tropical storm,'' said Dave Roberts, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in West Miami-Dade.

Amerelief on June 26 2010 11:53:43 · Read More · 0 Comments · 61 Reads ·

Strong quake hits eastern Indonesia

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has hit eastern Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning early which was later lifted.

Amerelief on June 21 2010 19:00:17
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Deadly tornadoes hit Minnesota

A series of tornadoes have hit the midwestern US state of Minnesota, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.

State officials said 39 tornadoes struck Minnesota on Thursday.

If that figure is confirmed, it would exceed the previous state record of 27 sightings in one day, in 1992.

Mark Roche, an emergency official, estimated that at least nine of the tornadoes churned along a 29-to-32km path in rural southern parts of Minnesota, including Freeborne county.

Roche said the tornadoes damaged 40 to 60 farms, but spared communities.

A visible line of damage was also spotted in North Dakota.

The Red Cross set up a shelter, but officials said no one slept there, opting instead to stay with family, friends or in local hotels.

US meteorologists said the tornadoes developed from the same warm, frontal boundary that started in the southern plains earlier in the week and moved northward through the region.

Source: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/06/201061916646468297.html

Amerelief on June 21 2010 18:41:07
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BP agrees to $20bn spill claim fund

BP executives have agreed to set up a $20bn compensation fund to pay for claims stemming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, following talks with Barack Obama, the US president, at the White House.

Amerelief on June 16 2010 19:00:29
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Arkansas flood rescue under way

The search continues for at least 76 people still missing after a campsite in the US state of Arkansas was hit by a powerful flash flood.

At least 16 people were confirmed dead on Saturday as a result of the flooding.

Waters rose as quickly as two and a half metres an hour early on Friday as campers slept, carrying away tents and overturning camper vans.

Search crews have returned to the Ouachita Mountains on horseback and all-terrain vehicles, hoping to find campers who survived the flash flooding of their camp grounds along the Caddo and Little Missouri rivers.

Amerelief on June 12 2010 15:09:22
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BP oil spill estimates double

US government figures show twice as much oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico than earlier estimations suggested
Helen Pidd and agencies guardian.co.uk,
Friday 11 June 2010

Amerelief on June 11 2010 10:25:26
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US piles pressure on BP over spill

US attorney-general says British energy giant will be held responsible for "all damages".

Amerelief on June 10 2010 18:34:15
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New BP device 'capturing oil'

Al Jazeera and agencies
June 7, 2010

A device designed to cap a massive undersea oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has captured nearly half of the crude that has been escaping daily from a damaged BP well, a US official said.

Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the government's point man for the crisis, said on Monday that the device was capturing

11,000 barrels of oil per day. That's up from 6,000 barrels on Saturday, when it was first installed.

A second device will be installed later this week to further increase that capacity.

"BP anticipates moving another craft in that can actually handle additional production, and the combination of these two... will have a production capability of about 20,000 barrels a day," Allen said.
To read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/06/20106604528663914.html

Amerelief on June 07 2010 13:50:38
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Gulf oil spill clean-up uncertain

Another 48 hours is needed to determine whether a new plan to stem an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be successful.

Amerelief on May 29 2010 16:12:24
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Obama defends oil spill response

Barack Obama, the US president, says his administration considered "every recommendation" about stopping and containing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Amerelief on May 27 2010 19:49:20
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BP set to smother oil leak with mud

BP is carrying out the final tests on its so-called "top-kill" plan to choke off an oil leak described as the worst in US history.

Amerelief on May 26 2010 11:23:58
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