Tuesday night, Tropical Storm Alex was upgraded to Hurricane Alex as winds increased dramatically; the Hurricane Alex is moving quickly toward landfall and is expected to move into Mexico and Texas by late Wednesday or early Thursday morning.
At 4 am Wednesday, Hurricane Alex was located 235 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas and 175 miles east of La Pesca, Mexico, according to Weather.com. Winds were recorded at 80 mph and the storm is projected to continue to strengthen.
Hurricane warnings were issued for Baffin Bay, Texas south to La Cruz, Mexico. A tropical storm warning was for the north and south of the hurricane: from Baffin Bay to Port O'Connor and from La Cruz to Cabo Rojo.
Heavy rainfall and possible flooding is expected in several areas with 6-12 inches from Corpus Christi to Laredo, Texas. Northeast Texas and Louisiana are expecting 2-4 inches of rain through Thursday.
Hurricane Alex is moving away from the Gulf coast oil spilled areas, but 7-10 foot high waves created from the storm have delayed some work along the Louisiana coastline, and some smaller boats have been called back in.
Scroll down to see photos of Hurricane Alex and how Texas and Mexico are preparing for it
Louisiana mental health costs and depression increase because of oil spill, but BP isn’t paying. Last week, the first suicide because of the oil spill and loss of income occurred in Louisiana. Captain William Allen Kruse committed suicide last Wednesday, after his life and lifestyle changed dramatically because of oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. For more on his story, click here.
Sunday morning, the first oily tar bars washed ashore in Mississippi; by Sunday afternoon a 23-person crew began to clean up the mess along the shores of Pascagoula, Mississippi. For more on that story, click here.
Over the weekend a tropical storm formed in the Caribbean and is currently projected toward Belize and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Hurricane Alex is expected to hit land by early Thursday. The storm may halt operations in the Gulf of Mexico for up to two weeks. For more on that story, click here.
Thursday, a New Orleans judge is expected to rule if the government ban on deepwater drilling will continue in the Gulf of Mexico. Obama’s administration asked Judge Martin Feldman to delay his decision on lifting the ban until an appeals court can get to the case later this summer. The judge denied that request. For more on that story, click here.
A lawsuit was filed from a group of companies that state the government has no evidence that the existing operations pose a threat to the Gulf of Mexico, and asked that the ban be removed. The companies provide boats and equipment to the drilling industry. For more on that story, click here.
To see incredible photos of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, click here.
To see photos taken recently of the oil spill that hit the Louisiana coastline and the wildlife it has affected, click here.
Sunday, a BP document was released by Rep. Edward Markey, D-Massachusetts that gave the worst case scenario of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; the report stated that an estimated 100,000 barrels (or 4.2 million gallons) could leak into the ocean per day. The report was created after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and was submitted in May. For more on that story, click here.
BP shareholder class action lawsuit was filed last week in the Eastern District of Louisiana and the organizers of the suit hope to bring angry people all over the world together. The case alleges that BP was not conducting a safe operation in oil drilling, but misled the public by acting as though they were. For more information on that story, click here.
Actor Kevin Costner has invested about $26 million into his Ocean Therapy Solutions machine, and six of the machines were sent to the Gulf for testing. BP has ordered 32 more machines that recycle water to separate the oil. For more information on this story, click here.
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Source: Weather.com
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