AP – This computer image released Thursday, June 3, 2010 by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research …
By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer Cain Burdeau, Associated Press Writer – Thu Jun 3, 5:52 pm ET
NEW ORLEANS – Computer models show oil leaking from a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico could wind up on the East Coast and even get carried on currents across the Atlantic Ocean toward Europe.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research models showed Thursday that oil could enter the Gulf's loop current, go around the tip of Florida and as far north as Cape Hatteras, N.C. According to researchers, oil could threaten East Coast beaches by early July, but they cautioned the models were not a forecast.
The oil could then head by Bermuda on its way to Europe.
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