The massive oil spill that has already washed up on southern Louisiana's coastline has now spread east to the shores of Mississippi and Alabama, dpa quoted government officials as saying today. Admiral Thad Allen, who is coordinating the US government's response, said "first oil contact" had been made on the coastline of Mississippi, while some tar balls and oil sheen had washed up in Alabama. The moving oil slick has forced responders to rush more people and containment boom to those states to help block the heavy crude from reaching the ever-fragile coastline. "First Louisiana has been impacted, now the threat is shifting to Mississippi and Alabama," Allen told reporters. -- SPA
