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Texas wildfire chief: Wildfires still raging, but 'we are making successes'

A break in the weather allowed firefighters to gain some ground against the historic Texas wildfires. But the battle against 22 major wildland fires has been 'problematic,' says Mark Stanford, fire operations chief of the Texas Forest Service.
Texas wildfires burn 'border to border;' cold front lifts hopes

Texas wildfires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres just in the past week, as flames ring entire lakes, jump firebreaks, and threaten towns and cities, including Dallas-Fort Worth.
Dallas tornado: Storm that killed 2 in Texas continues north

Dallas tornado: A series of tornadoes touched down outside of downtown Dallas, damaging warehouses in an area near Dallas Love Field.
Tropical Storm Hermine crosses into Texas

Tropical Storm Hermine continued dissolving just south of San Antonio and was expected to be downgraded into a tropical depression later Tuesday.
Tropical storm Hermine makes landfall in Mexico, bound for Texas

Tropical storm Hermine moved ashore in northern Mexico, just south of Brownsville, Texas on Monday night.
Gulf oil spill plume stretches 22 miles, not breaking down much

US and Australian scientists measured the plume from the Gulf oil spill during a research cruise. The findings are published Thursday.
Revised 2010 hurricane forecast: 'major hurricanes' ahead

A revised 2010 hurricane forecast is in from the National Weather Service, and the agency is predicting another strong year for tropical storms. Four to six 'major hurricanes' are expected out of 14 to 20 named storms.
Massive 'dead zone' in the Gulf -- but not because of the oil spill

The 2010 Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' of oxygen-deprived water – roughly the size of Massachusetts – is patchy and more spread out than usual.
Climate change set to boost Mexican immigration to the US, says study

A reduction in crop yields caused by climate change could mean up to 6.7 million additional Mexicans will emigrate to the United States by 2080, says a study by Princeton University researchers.
Tropical depression races toward BP's leaky well

Tropical depression racing toward the Gulf of Mexico Thursday increased pressure on BP and the US government to decide whether to evacuate dozens of ships at the site of the ruptured oil well.
Oil spill BP clean-up to stop due to churning tropical rainstorm

Oil spill BP clean-up continues, but dozens of ships prepared Thursday to evacuate as a tropical rainstorm brewing in the Caribbean brought the deep-sea effort to plug BP's ruptured oil well to a near standstill.
Jimmy Buffett beach show draws crowd on oil coast

Jimmy Buffett, who grew up on the Gulf coast, performed for fans about 100 miles north of the Deepwater Horizon site.
The cap is off: why that is not a disaster in Gulf oil spill

BP uncapped its gushing well Saturday, allowing more oil to escape as the company tries to put on a better cap. But BP has other ways of capturing oil in the Gulf oil spill even without the cap.
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Oil skimmer A Whale gets some tweaks in bid to work the BP oil spill

Oil skimmer from abroad, the mega ship A Whale, has not yet shown how well it can collect oil, because of continued rough seas. At least it's been out on the water near the site of the BP oil spill, while other skimmers were docked.
Oil skimmer testing halted by bad weather in Gulf of Mexico

Oil skimmer testing in the Gulf of Mexico for the super tanker ship has been hampered by recent bad weather.
Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans now has tar balls, oily sheen

Lake Pontchartrain, which has until now been free of oil from the BP spill, is now home to tar balls and an oil sheen.
Tar balls now found in Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain

Tar balls and oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have now made their way into Lake Pontchartrain, the northern boundary of New Orleans.
BP oil spill: How much has bad weather hurt the cleanup?

A week of high winds and waves has interfered with some efforts to contain and clean up the BP oil spill. But key activities have continued with little interruption from bad weather.
Gulf oil spill: Will it hit Miami, Fort Lauderdale soon?

Oil is more likely to keep moving east because of the so-called loop current, NOAA officials said in a report issued Friday. The likelihood of the Gulf oil spill soon hitting the Keys and the southeastern coast of Florida is 80 percent, according to the officials.
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Hurricane Alex wreaking havoc on BP Gulf oil spill

Hurricane Alex has pushed oil from the BP Gulf oil spill spill onto Gulf coast beaches, with some tar balls as large as apples.
Hurricane Alex pushes oil onto Gulf coast beaches

Hurricane Alex has made Gulf coast beaches particularly vulnerable. "With this weather, we lost all the progress we made," says scientist.
Tropical Storm Alex is Hurricane Alex now

Tropical Storm Alex is now Hurricane Alex. Tropical Storm Alex became a hurricane shortly before 10 p.m. and is now churning up the waters toward Mexico and Texas
Hurricane Alex, first of 2010 season, heads for Texas, Mexico

Hurricane Alex, after slamming Belize as a tropical storm Thursday, was declared a hurricane Tuesday evening. New extended hurricane warning rules are meant to give more precise, earlier warnings.