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国际英语新闻:Storm Alex may hinder spill cleanup efforts

2010-06-28来源:和谐英语
The construction of the two relief wells, projected to be done by mid-August and deemed as the ultimate solution to plugging the undersea gusher, would also be impeded by stormy weather.

Late on Saturday, Alex made landfall in Belize and dumped showers on northern Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula.  The storm was expected to slow as it moved over Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula overnight, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

The Premier Explorer of Venice, Louisiana stands by near a controlled burn of spilled oil off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico, in this handout photograph taken June 9, 2010 and released on June 11.