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Event:
AC Tech. Disaster
Number:
2020-000180
Country:
MUS Mauritius
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Date (YMD):
2020-8-7
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Information Source:
OCHA
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Mauritius’ Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, declared a “state of environmental emergency”on 7 August, after a ship that ran aground off the coast of the island nation began spilling oil. The bulk carrier vessel, MW Wakashio, was carrying nearly 4,200 metric tons of fuel when it ran aground on the reef of Point d’Esny on 25 July.
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