TORONTO/MIAMI President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron were expected to discuss London-based BP Plc and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Saturday as stormy weather raised fears that clean-up operations could be disrupted.The oil spill, the worst in U.S history, is overshadowing the first meeting between Obama and Cameron since the prime minister took office last month, wh
TORONTO/MIAMI – U.S President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron were expected to discuss London-based BP Plc and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Saturday as stormy weather raised fears that clean-up operations could be disrupted.The oil spill, the worst in U.S history, is overshadowing the first meeting between Obama and Cameron since the prime minister took office la
WASHINGTON/VENICE, Louisiana British energy giant BP Plc plans to double the amount of oil it is capturing from its ruptured Gulf of Mexico well to 20,000 barrels per day, the Coast Guard admiral leading the government relief effort said on Monday.The figure underscored some scientists' concerns that the May 27 government estimate of the amount of oil billowing from the mile-deep well, 12,000-1
GUATEMALA CITY Central America was left reeling after the first eastern Pacific tropical storm of the season, Agatha, hammered the region with heavy rains that killed 179 people and washed away thousands of homes.Hardest hit was Guatemala, with 152 people killed, dozens injured and at least 100 people missing after floods and mudslides swept away ramshackle homes along hills and destroyed bridg
MIAMI The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has begun and comes at a time when oil from a spill off the Louisiana coast continues spewing into the Gulf of Mexico.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an active season, with as many as 23 named tropical storms.An estimated eight to 14 storms could strengthen into hurricanes.Of those storms, three to seven could become majo
MIAMI The Atlantic hurricane season could be the busiest since 2005, when Katrina and Rita caused massive destruction along the same part of the Gulf Coast now struggling with the largest offshore oil spill in U.S history, government scientists said Thursday.The 2010 season may spawn as many as 23 named tropical storms, including up to seven major hurricanes, a number not likely to be affected
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida The threat of an above-average 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has heightened over the past month and it now promises to be a hell of a year, a leading U.S forecaster said Wednesday.William Gray, the hurricane forecast pioneer who founded Colorado State University's respected storm research team, said CSU would ramp up its predictions for the 2010 season in a report d
WASHINGTON The weather-altering El Nino condition in the Pacific Ocean seems to be easing and could be over by June, government climate experts reported Thursday.If conditions do revert to neutral, it could complicate forecasting this summer's hurricanes, since El Nino years tend to have fewer storms than normal in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.Last month, forecasters Philip J.Klotzbach and Wi