A
toxic carpet of heavy fuel oil up to 10 cm thick is suffocating sea off
the Lebanese coast. An estimated 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes of Fuel Oil
poured into the Mediterranean Sea following the bombing of the Jieh
power plant on July 13 and 15. This has contaminated up to 150 km of
the Lebanese coast north of the plant; however the full extent of the
spill has yet to be fully assessed as aerial surveillance is still not
possible due to an air and sea blockade.
