NOAA Responds to New Orleans Barge Collision Oil Spill

Oil spill viewed from the Riverwalk.(credit: NOAA ) NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration and the NOAA National Weather Service are on scene in New Orleans aiding in the response to the estimated 419,000 gallons of #6 fuel oil spilled early on the morning of July 23 when a 600-foot chemical tanker and 200-foot fuel barge collided on the Mississippi River just north of the Crescent City Connector Bridge in New Orleans, La. The spill is approximately eight times larger than the 5

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