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Stranded container ship Rena breaks in half near New Zealand’s coast
Image by nilob (source: stock.xchng)
The cargo ship that ran aground on a coral reef off New Zealand’s coast last October broke in half yesterday. Continuous storms of the past several days created a crack in the hull that turned fatal yesterday when heavy storms and 6-meter high waves caused the ship to break in two.
While the bow of the Rena is still firmly stuck on the coral reef, the tail of the ship is now floating some 30 meters away.
The 900 containers that were still on the Rena have now fallen into the sea. As a result, experts fear this will further aggravate what is already known as the worst environmental disaster in the history of New Zealand.
Tags: container into sea, container ship stranded, coral reef New Zealand, New Zealand environmental disaster, Rena cargo ship
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