Oil leaking from sunken US rig

Oil is leaking from the damaged well that fed a massive rig that exploded this week off Louisiana's coast, the Coast Guard has discovered.

Bad weather has also halted efforts to clean up the spill, which is threatening the area's fragile marine ecosystem.

The Coast Guard had said no oil appeared to escaping from the well head on the ocean floor. Rear Admiral Mary Landry said the leak was a new discovery but could have begun when the rig sank on Thursday, two days after the initial explosion.

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