Many US Beaches the Oil Spill may Close

Sand barricade protecting Backwater lagoon in Gulf Shores, Ala

Sand now fills a pass that once led into a backwater lagoon in Gulf Shores, Ala., Tuesday, June 2, 2010. Workers filled the pass to keep any oil from getting into the lagoon. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster has started washing ashore on the Alabama coast. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

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Kamelia Angelova | Jun. 4, 2010, 12:12 PM | 200,990 |

While BP is struggling to stop the oil gushing from a broken pipe in the Gulf of Mexico, the spill is creeping to affect more areas in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Cleanup in these areas will take years or decades, if the beaches are not lost forever.

See the affected areas here >