By Sunday, it became clear to local residents that they were battling an environmental disaster. The size of the oil spill was twice as big as a spill off South Korea in 1995 that cost $101 million in damages to fishermen and required a cleanup operation that took months.
A bird covered in crude oil on the beach. Each year, millions of tourists flock there to bathe in the sun or watch migrating birds stop to feed.
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