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Oil from BP spill uncovered by Isaac’s waves

By Jay Reeves, Cain Burdeau
Published September 5, 2012 4:00am ET
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Oil from BP spill uncovered by Isaac’s waves
In this aerial photo, a Louisiana National Guard helicopter carries a sandbag to drop in an unintentional levee breach as it flies over the floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite, La., Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Thousands of electric customers are still without power, hundreds remained in shelters and several miles of coast line was tarred with weathered oil washing ashore, days after Isaac raked Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) | Gerald Herbert

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Waves from Hurricane Isaac uncovered oil previously buried along Gulf Coast beaches, exposing crude that wasn’t cleaned up after the BP spill in 2010.

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