STORMS' TIMES * USA - Gulf Oil Rigs Evacuated as Hurricane Gustav Strengthens
Storm Could Hit Land by Tuesday, Forecasters Say
Arlington,VA,USA -Transport Topics -29 Aug 2008: -- Workers evacuated offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico Friday as Hurricane Gustav strengthened, potentially threatening the same region that Hurricane Katrina devastated three years ago, news reports said... Gustav, which became a hurricane Tuesday but was downgraded to a tropical storm the past few days as it brushed land in Haiti and Jamaica, was upgraded to a hurricane Friday afternoon, the Associated Press reported... Crude oil fell 13 cents Friday to $115.46 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported...
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