US Coast Guard investigating 350 reports of oil spills after Ida
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The hurricane made landfall in Louisiana on August 31, before remnants of the storm ravaged the US northeast.
The United States Coast Guard has said it investigating reports of 350 incidents of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Ida. The announcement on Monday came shortly before President Joe Biden is set to tour areas of New York and New Jersey ravaged by remnants of the storm, which killed more than 60 people after making landfall in Louisiana on August 29. In a statement, the Coast Guard said it has been conducting flyovers off the coast of Louisiana looking for spills to provide information for federal, state and local authorities to dispatch clean up crews.
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