On 17-18 October 1999, 5 districts of the State of Orissa in India were hit by a cyclone, and on 29 October another, exceptionally strong cyclone ("supercyclone") devastated a large portion of the State. This second cyclone caused severe damage in 14 of the 30 districts of Orissa.
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The Coast Guard has ordered three indigenously made special pollution control vessels, which would be available in the next two to three years. The threat of pollution on the seas is high as at any given time there are 200 ships of which about 40 per cent are oil tankers, moving in the close vicinity of the country’s coastline.
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The long-term effect of an oil spill is the subject of much debate among scientists. Some argue that animals and birds are harmed many years after the event, but others believe wildlife is more resilient.
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At least 79 people have been killed and thousands left homeless in India's cyclone-hit east coast, causing millions of dollars worth of damage.
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Penn State researchers have shown in laboratory experiments that some open water oil spills previously thought to be incombustible potentially can be cleaned up via burning, the most efficient, rapid and environmentally friendly option.
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Two oil tankers have collided in waters off Guangdong province, causing a major oil slick. There are fears the spillage will pose a serious threat to marine life in the area, including the endangered white dolphin.
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More oil has spilled out of a tanker that ran aground last month off the coast of the Pakistani city of Karachi, one of south Asia's busiest ports.
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Two groups of Egyptian scientists have reported that algae can remove toxic heavy metals from soils and potentially clean up oil spills by 'feeding' on them. They hope that such algae could provide a cheap, eco-friendly way of removing toxic pollutants from the environment.
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Pakistani authorities have begun a massive clean-up campaign to tackle the thousands of tons of crude oil that have spilled from a wrecked tanker off Karachi.
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An outbreak of a destructive algae has killed thousands of fish in southern India, causing more than 90 children to fall ill because of the stench, officials said recently.
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