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When a Typhoon Turned Manila Bay Into an Oil Graveyard
When a Typhoon Turned Manila Bay Into an Oil Graveyard
Fear of irreversible damage: a single capsized tanker released 1,494,000 liters of industrial fuel oil into Manila Bay, and the slick swelled from 2 kilometers to 93.74 square kilometers in days-how did a routine cargo run become the worst environmental emergency the bay had seen, and why was oil found in fish before any surface sheen arrived?
In this episode, we lay out the chronological facts of the incident and its immediate consequences, following the vessel, the response, and the spread of contamination to ask whether the official…
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