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Texas beaches gain reprieve as oil slick threat lingers
A weak tropical low drifted out into the Gulf easing a daylong oil wash ashore on Texas beaches near Corpus Christi and South Padre Island. Coast Guard and private crews raced to clean miles of Mustang Island ahead of Labor Day weekend as forecasters warned further slicks could arrive from an offshore oil zone.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Texas Gulf Coast
Coast Guard
Jake O'Neal
Mexico
South Padre Island
Mustang Island
Brownsville
South Texas
Bay of Campeche
O'Neal
Port Aransas
Walter Peterson
Peterson