Tropical Storm Bonnie, which has weakened to a tropical depression, has delayed work on a relief well at BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill by at least seven to nine days.
Retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, head of the US government's oil spill response, made the announcement today.
The rig drilling the relief well to plug the leak was moved out of the path of the storm on Friday.
It is moving back to the spill site and now has to reconnect to the well.
Meanwhile, a senior technician who worked on the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico has told investigators that an alarm was deliberately turned off because operators did not want to disturb workers' sleep.
The company which owned the platform, Trans Ocean, says all systems were working and monitored.
US First Lady Michelle Obama, visiting Pascagoula, Mississippi, promised the US government would not forget those affected.
‘This isn't over yet. And this administration is going to stand with the people of the Gulf until folks are made whole again,’ she said.
