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| Massive Oil spill expected |
| Massive Oil spill expected to hit US coast reserve
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 30-April-2010
6:44:23 AM |
| massive oil slick from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to reach a wildlife reserve at the mouth of the Mississippi River on Thursday as it threatens the environmentally delicate coastline of Louisiana and three other Southern US states.
President Barack Obama pledged to "use every single available resource" -- including the US military -- to help the London-based energy giant BP Plc fight the crude oil spill, which was about 3 miles (5 kms) from the marshes of the Mississippi Delta and spreading faster than expected toward the shoreline, according to the Coast Guard.
The leak, after a rig leased by BP exploded last week, is spewing five times more oil than previously estimated and heightened fears of severe damage to fisheries, wildlife refuges and tourism in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
The US military began mobilizing for a major effort to try to prevent environmental damage to Gulf coast states, notably Louisiana, which is still recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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