Oil spill crews 'playing cat-and-mouse with weather'

Crews hurried to get back to work on plugging BP's leaky oil well after Tropical Storm Bonnie fizzled out and engineers hoped for a window of clear weather long enough to stop the gush for good.

Oil spill crews 'playing cat-and-mouse with weather'

Crews hurried to get back to work on plugging BP's leaky oil well after Tropical Storm Bonnie fizzled out and engineers hoped for a window of clear weather long enough to stop the gush for good.

But with peak hurricane season starting in early August, chances are the next big storm is right on Bonnie's heels.

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