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Islands hit as 270 containers fall off ship.

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Ilhas são atingidas com 270 contêiners que cairam do navio.

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Extensive debris has washed up on islands off the Dutch north coast after some 270 containers including chemicals fell off a cargo ship in a storm.

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Extensos dentritos foram despejados nas ilhas da costa norte da Holanda após 270 containers, incluindo produtos químicos, caíram de um navio cargueiro durante uma tempestade.

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As the extent of pollution became clear on five islands, coastguards searched the North Sea for missing containers.

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A medida que a extensão da poluição se tornou clara nas cinco ilhas, a guarda costeira procurou no mar do norte os containers perdidos.

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…but the tide carried many of them to the south-west.

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Mas a maré levou muitos deles para o sudoeste.

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Coastguards warned local people to steer clear of them.

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Guarda costeira avisou a população local para evita-los.

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As Storm Zeetje buffeted northern Germany with gale force winds late on Tuesday night,…

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Enquanto Storm Zeetje golpeava o norte da Alemanha com ventos fortes na noite de terça-feira,…

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… 270 containers of Zoe’s cargo fell off the ship as it made its way through the Wadden Sea from the Belgian port of Antwerp.

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… 270 contêineres da carga de Zoe caíram do navio enquanto atravessava o mar de Wadden, partindo do porto belga de Antuérpia.

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strong tides had already swept some of the containers on to beaches … and Dutch and German coastguard planes scoured the sea for the others.

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marés fortes já haviam varrido alguns dos contêineres para as praias …, os aviões da guarda costeira holandesa e alemã vasculharam o mar em busca dos outros.

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There were fears that other shipping could be damaged by the cargo.

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Havia temores de que outros navios pudessem ser danificados pela carga.

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The Geneva-based MSC company which owns the ship has asked a salvage company to use sonar equipment to help retrieve the missing containers.

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A empresa MSC, sediada em Genebra e proprietária do navio, pediu a uma empresa de salvamento que use equipamento de sonar para ajudar a recuperar os contêineres que estão faltando.

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Several containers were spotted in German waters and a further 11 were seen by the Dutch coastguard floating between the islands of Ameland and Schiermonnikoog.

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Vários contêineres foram vistos em águas alemãs e outros 11 foram vistos pela guarda costeira holandesa flutuando entre as ilhas de Ameland e Schiermonnikoog.

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… to clear up the mess spilt the previous day.

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… para limpar a bagunça derramada no dia anterior.

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Among the rubbish found on Terschelling’s long, sandy beaches were shoes, bags, cushions, chairs, TVs and plastic cups.

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Entre os detritos encontrados nas longas praias de areia de Terschelling estavam sapatos, bolsas, almofadas, cadeiras, televisores e copos de plástico.

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The latest exhibit on display in the local shipwreck museum in the town of Formerum featured an “army” of plastic ponies.

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A última exposição em exibição no museu de naufrágios da cidade de Formerum incluía um “exército” de pôneis de plástico.

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When the MSC Napoli ran aground off the south-west coast of England in 2007, 80 containers washed ashore.

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Quando o MSC Napoli encalhou na costa sudoeste da Inglaterra em 2007, 80 contêineres foram jogados em terra.

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Police had to shut a local beach as people scoured the debris for motorbikes and other merchandise.

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A polícia teve que fechar uma praia local enquanto as pessoas vasculhavam os escombros por motocicletas e outras mercadorias.

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Police had to use old laws on scavenging that require people to return goods from the stricken ship.

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A polícia teve que usar leis antigas sobre a limpeza que exigem que as pessoas devolvam mercadorias do navio atingido.