Here’s What The Devastating 130,000-Gallon Oil Spill In Southern California Looks Like:
The cause of the breach is still unknown, but divers are working to locate the exact source of the spill,Kim Carr, the mayor of hard-hit Huntington Beach,A long-billed curlew walks through oily water near a containment boom.
This aerial picture shows oil and an oil containment boom in the water as workers try to clean upAFP via Getty ImagesFish swim in oil-contaminated water on Huntington State Beach. A sign warns of the oil spill at the Huntington Beach pier on Sunday. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles
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