8AExxonValdez

Exxon Valdez  What was the disaster?  Exxon Valdez is an oil spill chemical disaster. There are many animals that die because of the oil spill. Oil spills happen when people make mistakes or are careless and cause an oil tanker to leak oil into the ocean. There is other ways an oil spill can occur. Equipment that breaks down may cause an oil spill. If the equipment breaks down, the tanker can get stuck on a shallow land. The cause of this oil spill was because The drivers of the Exxon Valdez noticed icebergs in their planned route. Instead of trying to weave through the icebergs, they decided to go in another direction. On the new route, the oil tanker hit shallow land. The shallow land was not a beach, it was called Bligh Reef.  When was it? The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in [|Prince William Sound], [|Alaska] , on March 24, 1989. Where was it? Prince William Sound is a [|sound] off the [|Gulf of Alaska] on the south coast of the [|U.S. state] of [|Alaska].