Storm Alex Moves Over Yucatan Away From Spill for Now
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Alex, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, weakened to a tropical depression as it moved across the Yucatan Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico today on a track that may keep it away from the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
The storm was moving into the southwestern Gulf as of 4:30 p.m. Miami time, according to an advisory from the U.S. National Hurricane Center, and was forecast to return to tropical storm status tomorrow, regaining the strength it lost while over land.