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Lebanon oil spill

       
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.