WORKERS on oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have been evacuated to land ahead of a tropical storm in the the oil fields .
The National Hurricane Centre said Tropical Storm Earl had formed on Monday in the Gulf of Mexico and was expected to gain strength as it headed toward the western Florida panhandle.
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