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A strong storm pushed through the Central Coast overnight into Monday morning, here are the latest alerts and future of the storm.

Up on the coast, sparking fears of an environmental disaster. secunder kermani reports. an environmental disaster that only looks to be getting worse. after a fire broke out around two weeks ago, this huge ship, the singapore—flagged x—press pearl, is sinking. desperate efforts to tow it further away from the coastline and reduce some of the harm have failed. millions of plastic pellets that were being transported have already contaminated sri lanka's western beaches. if we eat small species of fish whole, then if there are micro—plastics within the animals then humans consume them. this...

Millions of plastic pellets that were being transported have already contaminated sri lanka's western beaches. if we eat small species of fish whole, then if there are micro—plastics within the animals then humans consume them. this is by far the worst marine disaster we have experienced in sri lanka so it is a pretty significant thing. there is a ban in place on fishing along part of this coast now and worse could still be to come if the 350 tonnes of oil that were on board spill out. translation: there are two possibilities. | either all the fuel has caught fire or the oil could still be t...