Oil spilling into Mississippi below New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina - MSNBC.com

NEW ORLEANS - A huge oil spill was spotted near two storage tanks on the Mississippi River downstream from New Orleans, state officials said Friday.

The oil was seen in a flyover to the Venice area by the Department of Environmental Quality.

%u201CTwo tanks with the capacity of holding 2 million barrels appear to be leaking,%u201D the department said in a statement.