A thick oil slick appeared off the coast of the US state of Louisiana after the hurricane “Ida”, writes The New York Times. Experts from the United States have already begun to work in the aftermath of an oil spill.
The oil slick area of approximately 16 square kilometers was discovered by satellites in the Gulf of Mexico.
This incident linked with the past hurricane “Ida”. Specialists oceanographers believe that the source of the leak has served the old and abandoned pipeline which was damaged during the invasion of the disaster. In the area where the detected spot, directed the court to clean the water surface.