South Korean Oil Mess
Today marks an unwelcome record in South Korea: their largest ever oil spill. More 2.7 million gallons of oil spilled today of the coast of South Korea when an oil tanker crashed with a barge. This spill is more than twice the size of South Korea's formerly largest spill in 1995.
Animal and plant life if terribly threatened over the 11 mile stretch of coastline affected by the spill. This area also marks some of the best known, and most visited, beaches in all of South Korea. Luckily, there were not injuries in the crash, and already well over 2,000 troops, police and residents have swarmed to the area to get the situation under control. Of course, even with thousands of volunteers, many animals and plants will die, affected farmers throughout the region.
Animal and plant life if terribly threatened over the 11 mile stretch of coastline affected by the spill. This area also marks some of the best known, and most visited, beaches in all of South Korea. Luckily, there were not injuries in the crash, and already well over 2,000 troops, police and residents have swarmed to the area to get the situation under control. Of course, even with thousands of volunteers, many animals and plants will die, affected farmers throughout the region.
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