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Abandoned tanker containing 1 million barrels of oil could cause ‘devastation’ in Red Sea, scientists warn
An oil tanker which has been abandoned since 2015 is deteriorating, seeping oil and could cause an environmental catastrophe if the 1 million barrels of crude it contains becomes a more serious spillage. The vessel, called the Safer, is decaying in the Red Sea north of the Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah, where access is controlled by the Houthi faction.
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Been rotting there for 5 years. Becomes emergency. "We don't do anything because it's hard. Now we have to do the hard thing under a worse set of conditions."
Human nature at it's finest.