Tag: Hurricane

A state of emergency has been declared across the Caribbean island of St Lucia following the impact of Hurricane Tomas. As many as 14 people are feared dead following the hurricane, with a further seven declared missing. Jamaica also remains on high alert.

The effects of Hurricane Alex have halted part of BP's oil clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.

Activities such as skimming, dispersant flights and controlled burning have all been suspended because of strong winds and high waves.

But the main methods of oil capture at the spill site is continuing despite the weather.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida headed toward oil and gas facilities in the central Gulf of Mexico on Monday on a path to the U.S. Gulf Coast after killing 124 people in El Salvador following floods and mudslides.

U.S. oil companies were shutting production and evacuating workers from the Gulf in the face of Ida, a Category 2 storm with top sustained winds near 105 mph.