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Liputan6.com, Mexico City: In the Gulf of Mexico, tropical storm Alex has become a hurricane that caused serious problems regarding the spread of oil pollution from oil company BP that exploded off the coast. U.S. National Hurricane Center said at 10 pm local time, Tuesday (29 / 6) that the storm had reached the peak wind speed at 118 kilometers per hour, and moving at 15 kilometers per hour. The storm was expected to continue heading west and crossing the Gulf of Mexico.

The U.S. government has declared a state of emergency in the state of Texas, for fear that the storm could reach the US-Mexico border region on Thursday (1 / 7) future. In the Gulf of Mexico, where water pollution due to oil spills, there are up to 9.5 million liters per day of crude oil continued to gush out of the refinery where the rupture.

Emergency efforts continue to be done to stop the gusher, including siphon oil from the seabed. Local workers said that the storm will not make a direct blow to the area of cleaning, but strong winds could spread spilled oil and will worsen the situation if the wind changed direction toward the ground. (NHK / DES / Job)