Gulf Coast oil spill could eclipse Exxon Valdez (1:43)

Concerns are growing that an oil spill drifting toward the Gulf Coast could eclipse the Exxon Valdez disaster. The spill is bigger and closer than imagined, five times larger than first estimated, just a few miles from the Louisiana shore. (April 29)

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Published: January 31, 2011, 07 am
Revised: March 5, 2011, 10 pm
Author(s): Ginny Brown
Content Source: NOAA

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Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Historic Oil Spills

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