Caribbean Storm System Prompts Evacuations in Gulf of Mexico
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A low-pressure system in the northwestern Caribbean Sea prompted energy companies including BP Plc to evacuate workers in the Gulf of Mexico and may strengthen into a tropical storm today.
The system has the potential to become a tropical storm “at any time” today, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on its website before 2 a.m. New York time. The area of low pressure is near the northeastern tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and has gale force winds east of the center.