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Tropical Storm Bonnie could hit oil spill site over weekend
(CNN) – The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch for the northern Gulf of Mexico early Friday as Tropical Storm Bonnie began clearing the Bahamas and headed for South Florida.
The watch is in place from Destin, Florida, westward to Morgan City, Louisiana.
The storm is expected to pass the southern tip of Florida on Friday afternoon before making landfall Sunday morning near New Orleans.
At 5 a.m. ET Friday, Bonnie was packing winds of 40 mph and moving west-northwest at 18 miles an hour as it slipped past the northwestern Bahamas. It was about 200 miles east-southeast of Key West, Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.
It could pick up some strength as it moves over the long stretch of open water in the Gulf of Mexico, but the latest computer models do not show it becoming a hurricane, according to CNN meteorologist Chad Myers.
If the storm continues on its path, it could slam into the area of the BP oil spill and possibly put more oil to shore. Read more
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