Photo: Oil Spill in Black Sea Strait May Be Worst in Years

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People look at a ship thrown on the rocks by a fierce storm in the Kerch Strait, which links the Black and Azov Seas, on November 11, 2007.

Massive waves split a Russian oil tanker into two pieces during a fierce storm this weekend, spilling at least 2,000 metric tons (560,000 gallons) of fuel into the sea.

The 8-meter (18-foot) waves also sank two Russian freighters nearby. Those ships together carried about 6,500 metric tons of sulfur, according to Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry.

Image from Rossiya TV Channel/AP

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