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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Threatens Coasts of Four
Date: 5/1/2010 7:17:57 AM Sender: Voice of America
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Threatens Coasts of Four US States

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Dr. Erica Miller (L) and Danene Birtell with Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research work to help a Northern Gannet bird covered in oil at a facility in Fort Jackson, La., 30 Apr 2010


Residents along the southern U.S. coast fear an environmental disaster is near as oil from a destroyed well approaches.

About 800,000 liters of crude oil per day are gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, after an unexplained explosion April 20 sank an offshore oil rig.

The oil has begun washing up on land in some coastal parts of Louisiana.  An animal rescue crew there found a bird Friday covered in thick, black oil - the first known animal to be hurt by the massive spill.

The governors of Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi declared states of emergency as oil approached their states.

The U.S. government is working with the oil well＇s operator, British Petroleum, to try to contain the spill.  Strong winds and high tides have hindered their efforts.

The oil rig sank to the bottom of the gulf two days after the explosion.  Eleven workers were killed.

Authorities fear the accident could cause more damage than the Exxon Valdez tanker spill in 1989.

That incident dumped about 39 million liters of oil into the waters of the northern U.S. state of Alaska.

U.S. President Barack Obama has halted new offshore oil drilling until investigators have determined the cause of the accident in the Gulf of Mexico.

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