INTERACTIVE
Oil Spill Map: Updated May 11
Still staggering from devastating hurricanes several years ago, residents and wildlife along the Gulf Coast are threatened again, this time from a potentially catastrophic oil spill. As shown in the map below, tourism, commerce and the coastline are all at risk.
SOURCES: NOAA, NESDIS, States of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, American Bird Conservancy, BP, U.S. Coast Guard, Pensacola Chamber of Commerce | CREDIT: Gene Thorp, Sisi Wei, Laris Karklis and Patterson Clark, The Washington Post - May 11, 2010
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