Oil from a massive spillage in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the coastline of Louisiana - causing a state of emergency to be called. It happened after an oil rig exploded last week. Since then, around five-thousand barrels of oil a day have been pouring into the sea. That oil is moving towards wetland areas which are home to many birds and other marine life. Mark Stebly lives in Louisiana - he says this will have a big impact in an area that depends so much on its fishing industry.....

"When the oil settles to the bottom it's going to completely smother out the grass beds and the oyster reefs. Shrimp populations are going to be decimated. I mean it's just, people don't realise the reaches this could have, from Florida to Texas."