Bonnie Accelerates as It Heads for Florida, Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storm Bonnie (satellite photo left) accelerated on a course toward Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, where it’s already delaying efforts by BP Plc to permanently plug its wrecked Macondo well. Bonnie, packing sustained winds of 40 miles (65 kilometers) an hour, was moving west-northwest at 18 miles an hour, up from 16 mph three hours earlier, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on its website shortly before 5 a.m. Miami time. The system, which earlier hit the northwestern Bahamas, was 155 miles southeast of Miami. Read more here:

Bonnie Accelerates as It Heads for Florida, Gulf of Mexico