Oil-hit Gulf on edge as Atlantic storm surges

June 28, 2010 by John McRae 

Workers place absorbent material on to the beach as oil residue washes ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in Orange Beach, Alabama. The British energy giant said its plans to drill through four kilometers of rock were on track. No permanent solution to the spill is expected before two relief wells are due to be completed in August.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)AFP – The first major storm of the Atlantic season surged toward the Gulf of Mexico on a path likely to avoid the BP oil spill but leaving coastal residents jittery about its destructive potential.


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