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A Russian oil tanker split in half in a fierce storm in the Kerch Strait leading to the Black Sea on Sunday, spilling at least 2,000 tons of fuel oil, Interfax reported.

 

A map locating the Kerch Strait -- between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. A Russian oil tanker split in half in a fierce storm in the Kerch Strait leading to the Black Sea on Nov. 11, spilling at least 2,000 tons of fuel oil.

 

"It is a large-scale environmental disaster which will take a long time to deal with. But in a year, and even in a more distant future the impact of the damage will be felt," Interfax quoted Vladimir Slivyak, head of the ECO-Zashchita, a public environmental protection watchdog, as saying.

 

The storm, with wind blowing at over 18 meters per second, has torn a barge, the Demetra, loaded with 3,000 tons of fuel oil, from its anchor and is carrying it away, Interfax reported on Sunday afternoon, citing an emergency headquarters spokesman from Port Kavkaz.

 

The storm has also sunk two Turkish freighters and another cargo ship which was carrying over 2,000 tons of sulfur, local emergency department sources said.

 

Fuel oil is seen on the shore near Russia's southern port of Kavkaz November 11, 2007.

 

(Xinhua News Agency November 12, 2007)

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