TAURANGA, New Zealand (AP) — Rough weather has jostled a cargo ship stuck off New Zealand’s coast and worsened its oil leak fivefold to make it the country’s worst maritime environmental disaster ever, the government said Tuesday.
Clumps of heavy oil from the Liberia-flagged Rena have washed up on pristine beaches near Tauranga on New Zealand’s North Island, and environmental officials said 53 birds were found dead.
New Zealand says oil spill is its worst environmental sea disaster
October 10, 2011
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