The extent of the pollution has been an issue since environmentalists investigating the 2010 BP oil spill noticed a persistent sheen outside the heavily oiled area. Forecasters predicted Delta would be downgraded to a tropical storm overnight. Read more #1 No Matter How Much You Screw Up, You’ll Never Ever Have To Tell Your Boss: Sir, I Toppled That 290 Million Dollar Noaa-N Prime Satellite Right Onto The Shop Floor. Beach dunes flattened by earlier storms allowed storm surge to reach beneath some of Galveston's raised beach houses. In the town of Lake Arthur, Delta's winds peeled shingles off the roof of L’Banca Albergo Hotel, an eight-room boutique hotel in what used to be a bank. About Us Plaisance reported from New Iberia, Louisiana. “There are no standard methods for this type of work,” because the amounts of oil involved are relatively small, he said.

Flash flood warnings were posted for much of southwestern Louisiana and parts of neighboring Texas.

“The wind is much worse than what Hurricane Laura brought,” Gove said in a message on Twitter. Taylor said in an emailed statement that it wants verifiable scientific data about the leak and a scientifically and environmentally sound solution. “There is a lot of power lines down all over the place, there’s ... really deep water in certain spots,” said hotel guest Johnny Weaver. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Satellite images courtesy of NESDIS Satellite Services Division (NOAA). NWS Oil and gas have been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico since a subsea mudslide caused by Hurricane Ivan on Sept. 15, 2004, knocked over a Taylor Energy Co. production platform, which dragged and broke a bundle of well pipes. Enhancement Descriptions (NOAA via AP), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news, A 2015 investigation by The Associated Press. Back to NASA Newsroom | A tree lays on its side, toppled by Hurricane Delta in Cancun, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. No coastal environmental damage has been reported from the ongoing seepage, unlike the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, an outside scientist said. Palermo said the electricity was out and she could see pieces of metal coming off the roof of a 100-year-old building across the street. That could be interpreted to mean more oil may have leaked there since 2004 than the estimated 130 million gallons (493 million liters) from the BP gusher in 2010. Mount St. Helens, 40 years later: How NOAA monitors volcanic eruptions from space. Landfall is expected Friday evening. This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. Miami, FL, 33165 When Delta came ashore Friday as a Category 2 hurricane, almost all homes and buildings in Lake Charles still bore battered roofs and other damage from Laura. Now he not only gets to browse the latest cat videos and fresh memes every day but also shares them with people all over the world, making sure they stay up to date with everything that's trending on the web. hqnews-subscribe@mediaservices.nasa.gov. From toppled satellites to crashed supercars, check out a collection of the most expensive accidents and fails in the gallery below! May 18, 2020. All NOAA. (NOAA via AP) LAKE CHARLES, La. “The results of this study contradict these conclusions,” said the report paid for by the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which oversees offshore drilling, and written by two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists and one from Florida State University.

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