In the Caribbean coast of Honduras - an ecological disaster

16 years ago in the Honduran port of Trujillo on the Caribbean coast of the owner of an oil spill not six thousand barrels of liquid asphalt. To date, through the storm and high winds in the winter, oil, over the years, trapped in a poluzatonuvshem been completely submerged in water, and began to spread on the pavement, holes in the sides of and storage plates is maintained. Thus, the ecological disaster of the inevitability of it all these years, environmentalists warned. Viscous water, black Gulf Trujillo dumped on the beaches of sea turtles and fish deaths, many kilometers of sandy beaches and a coastline covered with a film of petroleum oil. Honduran authorities are still struggling to find the exact size of the damage to determine, but at the request of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Honduras, is the measure greatly. Ministry created an emergency committee, which is designed measures to increase the ship on the surface and give the pier where the boat free from the dangerous cargo. Meanwhile, specialists temporarily suspend the release of asphalt, close the holes and secure storage hatches. Travel.ru