This text is missing some spaces, please add them: TheCoastGuardhasfailedtoshutanunderwatervalvefromwhichmorethan5,000barrelsofoilhavenowspewed,allowingtheslicktotravelwithin20milesoftheLouisianashoreandcreepcloserstill(seediagramontheleft).
The Coast Guard has failed to shut an underwater valve from which more than 5,000 barrels of oil have now spewed, allowing the slick to travel within 20 miles of the Louisiana shore and creep closer still (see diagram on the left).