Bad weather halts oil rig blast clean-up

Choppy seas, strong winds and rain today halted the clean-up of an oil spill around a massive drilling rig which exploded and sank off the US.

Choppy seas, strong winds and rain today halted the clean-up of an oil spill around a massive drilling rig which exploded and sank off the US.

Eleven workers are still missing, presumed dead, from the Deepwater Horizon rig which sank on Thursday about 50 miles (80km) from the coast of Louisiana.

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