A giant oil slick closed in on the fragile Louisiana coast on Sunday after attempts to stop it faltered, threatening an environmental and economic disaster as President Barack Obama arrives to visit. With Mr. Obama expected in the area Sunday morning, windy weather earlier hurt efforts to corral the slick and the US admiral in charge of the response to the spill said it was inevitable oil would reach the coastline. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal warned that the growing oil slick, already one of the largest spills in US history, threatened his state’s “way of life.”

US president visits with huge oil slick threatening disaster. (2010, May 3). BusinessWorld, p. S1/8.