A handout photo released by the Philippine Coast Guard shows the tip of MT Terra Nova protruding in Manila Bay, Philippines, July 25, 2024.
A Philippine oil tanker sank in Manila Bay early Thursday after encountering huge waves, and the coast guard was working to determine whether the vessel was leaking oil — in what could be a major spill — after it rescued 16 of 17 crew members in a nighttime operation, officials said.Posted: Jul 25, 2024 6:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago
The sinking followed days of monsoon rains, exacerbated by a passing offshore typhoon, that caused landslides and floodings across the archipelago, leaving at least 22 people dead and displacing more than half a million people. A coast guard ship, the BRP Melchora Aquino, was in the waters where the tanker sank, more than six kilometres from Bataan province's coast, to search for the last missing crew member and to carry out an initial assessment of the tanker's fuel oil cargo, Balilo told an online news conference."There's a big danger that Manila would be affected, its shorelines, if the fuel leaks because this happened within Manila Bay.
The spill was the latest challenge for the country, which has seen deadly monsoon rains this week exacerbated by Typhoon Gaemi. Here, a resident holds on to a street sign on Wednesday in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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