GETTY IMAGESOil cleanup workers were evacuated as a feeder band from Tropical Storm Alex causes high winds and lightning around Fourchon Beach, Louisiana, on Tuesday, June 29.
NOAA VIA GETTY IMAGESTropical Storm Alex is seen from space as it closes in on the mainland near the Mexico-Texas border Tuesday.
GETTY IMAGESA containment boom is placed on the beach at Elmer’s Island, Louisiana.
GETTY IMAGESA feeder band from Tropical Storm Alex forces scores of oil cleanup workers to evacuate Fourchon Beach on Tuesday.
COURTESY JAMES AMERSONPelicans, some covered in oil, sit on old dock posts off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, on Monday, June 27.
COURTESY ERIN SURROCKOil-soaked objects wash up onto the beach near Biloxi, Mississippi, on Monday.
GETTY IMAGESA worker uses a vacuum hose to capture some of the oil washing on to Fourchon Beach from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Monday.
GETTY IMAGESA boat uses a boom and absorbent material to soak up oil on the surface of Cat Bay on Monday near Grand Isle, Louisiana.
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