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At 11:00pm, news broke out that the oil pipe broke in the Gulf of New Mexico.
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The oil rig is still burning, leaving a huge plume of smoke that is more than 30 miles long. Later that day, the fire was extinguished. Enviromental danger is said to be minor.
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Stopping the leak is so challenging, that experts realize it could take months to clean up.
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Underwater robots have discovered at least two leaks that are dumping an estimated 1,000 barrels of oil per day in the sea.
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Scientists discover that the oil is not only pumping 1000 gllaons a day, but 5000 gallons per day.
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The state departments of Health and Hospitals and Environmental Quality state that the strong odour is moving over to the Louisiana and New Orleans coast.
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Radar and satellite imagery and estimated that the oil was leaking much faster than the original official estimates.
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An American company is trying to install a shutoff valve on one of the three underwater leaks, but this is a complicated operation that might not succeed
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It turns out that this catastrophe could have been prevented for very little money
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BP says that one of the 3 broken valves are sealed.