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Thursday, July 15, 2010  Hurricane Alex has caused the Flint Truck and Bus Assembly Plant to be closed Friday.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010  A border city mayor, a state official and four other people died Wednesday when an airplane crashed as they inspected widespread flooding that has forced tens of thousands of evacuations near the Mexico-U.S. border

Thursday, July 01, 2010  The Atlantic season's first hurricane largely spared nearby Texas, which had prepared for a possible direct hit.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010  Hurricane Alex flooded roads and forced thousands of people to evacuate fishing villages as it bore down on the northeastern Mexican coast

Wednesday, June 30, 2010  With skimming vessels sidelined, Hurricane Alex pushes more oil on Gulf Coast beaches

Wednesday, June 30, 2010  Congressman reveals that BP did not consider hurricanes as something it might have to deal with during an oil spill.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010  Alex becomes Atlantic's 1st hurricane of season as it rumbles toward Mexico, Texas coastlines

Tuesday, June 29, 2010  The tropical storm plowing across the far side of the Gulf of Mexico could send oil skimmers back to port and make containment booms useless, even from some 500 miles away.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010  Forecasters said the storm's likely path would take it away from the site of the huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill off Louisiana's coast, but added that it might push oil farther inland and disrupt cleanup efforts.