What the records say
- When
- 30 Aug 2019
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 13.06° S, 38.48° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2019 Northeast Brazil oil spill.
Summary
Oil stains appear on ten beaches in Paraíba, according to mapping data compiled by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama). The oil spill would eventually worsen in October.
2019 Northeast Brazil oil spill
In 2019, a spill of crude oil in northeastern Brazil affected Brazilian jurisdictional waters and over 2,250 km (1,400 mi) of coastline. The spill was first reported on 30 August 2019. The origin of the oil spill is unconfirmed but stated to not be Brazilian. By the end of October 2019, over 1,000 tonnes had been cleaned up; the spill had contaminated portions of all nine states of Brazil's Northeast Region.
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