Gulf's Tropical Storm Alex May Become Major Hurricane
Alex may wallop Texas-Mexico border but shouldn't affect Gulf oil spill.
"It looks like Alex will move well west of where the oil is," said Michael Brennan, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. "At this point, it looks like it will have no significant impact." (See Gulf of Mexico map.)
Oil has been gushing from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico since the BP-leased oil rig Deepwater Horizon blew up and sank in April. The oil leak is about 130 miles (210 kilometers) southeast of New Orleans. (See "Hurricane Could Push Spilled Gulf Oil Into New Orleans.")
Alex is expected to make landfall almost 600 miles (966 kilometers) west of the oil spill late Wednesday or early Thursday, the National Hurricane Center announced
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