Oil spill set to reach MM today

The oil spill from the sunken MT Terra Nova last week would reach Metro Manila today, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) said.

- BELLA CARIASO

“Through the collaborative efforts of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippine Space Agency, UP MSI and other national agencies, an oil spill trajectory model was run to forecast the transport of the slick based on prevailing weather patterns and conditions and on recent information on the location of the slicks,” a UP MSI bulletin reads in part.

The model, it added, shows a possible transport northwards to Bulacan as confirmed by oil slick sightings and from the slick observed by PhilSA last Friday.

“Considering the continuous release of oil from the tanker, coastal areas of Cavite City may also be affected with the eastward change of forecasted winds,” the bulletin also reads.