Evacuations Begin as First Major Storm Develops in U.S. Gulf

摘要

Some soaking rains would not exactly be unwelcome for the Texas Gulf coast, but precautionary shut-ins of offshore production facilities are already underway. The first major Gulf of Mexico storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season is forming over the northwestern Caribbean Sea-with a near 100% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone as it heads to the Texas coast, posing a threat to energy facilities in the region.