Advance of the Oil Blobs

Thousands of rescue workers are engaged in the Herculean task of cleaning up the spreading oil.
Hans Deryk / Reuters

Dripping
Thousands of rescue workers are engaged in the Herculean task of cleaning up the spreading oil. It is estimated that the oil is leaking at a rate of thousands, if not tens of thousands barrels a day.

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