Gulf Coast warned oil may leak until August
It's been passed 41 days since the oil platform blasted on the coast of southeast Louisiana, and at least 3 people critically injured and 11 others missing. The explosion has caused serious spill of oil and U.S. history and officials are calling it the country's biggest environmental catastrophe.
BP, British major energy company, had carried out the measure called "top kill" which covers over the damage part with mud to stop the spill in the deep sea. However, it ended up complete failure and the official report says the Gulf of Mexico leak may not be stopped for two months which means until August.
The Gulf Coast is one of America's richest ecosystems and a vital breeding ground for a $6.5 billion seafood industry and seven of the top ten busiest ports in the U.S. are on this Coast. Although the area have serious natural disaster like hurricanes as well as severe thunderstorms and floods, the coast has been developing since it's abundant in rich seafood and moderate climate and convenient for research.
So this disaster hit these industries and made tremendous loss than we expect. Now the interest of environmental issues has spread out worldwide, so this happening gather world people's attentions. I have to say BP should take another action to stop spill as soon as possible, or it will bring the country more tragedy.
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