At least two sailors died and 23 were missing Sunday when five ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, the official Russia Today Web site said.
The strong winds and high surf caused the Volgoneft-139 to split in two, spilling up 560,000 gallons of fuel oil, an official from Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry told CNN.
That is approximately 1,000 tons. In addition to the five ships that sank, many others were grounded, Russia Today reported.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/11/russia.spill/#cnnSTCVideo
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