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Florida emergency leaders say that Tropical Storm Alex is expected to pass the state, but waves from the storm could push more oil and tar from the massive BP spill onto Panhandle beaches. A forecaster told Crist and the Pensacola beach group that the good news is that first storm of the hurricane season shouldn’t halt containment efforts at the spill site in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
There have been a few differences in opinion with Amy Godsey saying that rough waves churned by the storm will disrupt efforts to corral and burn surface oil and will likely push more oil and tar onto Panhandle beaches this week.
Alex weakened to a depression on Sunday after making landfall in Belize, but regaining tropical storm strength Sunday night as it headed west- northwest on a path towards Mexico City.
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