China: Floodwaters push explosive chemicals into river

[Turborama]

Source: CNN International

By Mila Sanina, CNN
July 29, 2010 -- Updated 0843 GMT (1643 HKT)



Rising waters from flooding in northeastern China hit a chemical plant and washed thousands of containers filled with explosive chemicals into a river, state media said Thursday.

The floods in Jilin province have so far killed 13 people and affected 150,000 others, the Xinhua news agency said.

On Wednesday, the rising water hit the chemical plant and 7,000 containers washed into the Songhua River -- 3,000 of which were filled with explosive chemicals, Xinhua said.

Emergency teams were mobilized to recover the spilled fluid. Authorities have so far recovered 400 containers.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/china.flood/#fbid=5tFS21of5oJ

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AP Chinese Three Gorges Dam Water Level Peaking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UPuqEgXb1E

[dipsydoodle]

1. That cartoon

is the cleverest I've seen.

My compliments. :hi:

[Sherman A1]

2. ?

[dipsydoodle]

5. The BP one

which is a clever play on words as opposed to most of the other ones which are just sadly misplaced visual rubbish.

[Turborama]

4. Thank you for the compliment!

I can't take any credit for making it, though.

If you click on it you can go to where it came from and you'll see there's been a lot of creative people coming up with some great stuff. :hi:

Edited to add, this is another of my faves...

[dipsydoodle]

6. Don't matter that you didn't create it.

Kinda reminded me a Billy Holiday song too - Oil be seeing you....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXLB32n6lq8

[Sherman A1]

3. This could be ugly

I see nothing good happening here.

[a la izquierda]

7. sigh

this planet is royally screwed. :cry:

[Odin2005]

8. UGH!

[ensho]

9. not good, climate change floods are hell

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