Tropical Storm Alex headed overland towards the Gulf of Mexico last night, drenching Belize, northern Guatemala and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with torrential rains.
Alex is expected to make a second landfall midweek on the Mexican Gulf coast - far south and west of the oil-spill region.
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