FILE - This aerial view taken on August 9, 2020 shows the site of containment operations for the leaked oil coming from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the (AFP via Getty Images)Thousands of students, environmental activists and residents of Mauritius were working around the clock Sunday, trying to reduce the damage to the Indian Ocean island from an oil spill after a tanker ran aground on a coral reef.An estimated 1 ton of oil from the Japanese ship's cargo of 4 tons has already escaped into the sea, officials said.
Workers were seeking to stop more oil from leaking, but with high winds and rough seas on Sunday there were reports of new cracks to.