Oil spill team frets about Tropical Storm Alex

The storm's path is expected to bypass the BP disaster area, but officials gear up for any last-minute changes. Meanwhile, environmentalists join hands in protests worldwide. The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season headed toward the Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday night and was expected to turn northwest toward the southern coast of Texas without roiling the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico .

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