Authorities expect to begin emptying oil from a Chinese ship stranded off the coast of northern Taiwan by Typhoon Kong-rey. They say the extraction operation will take up to two weeks to complete.
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00:00Authorities expect to begin emptying oil from a Chinese ship stranded off the coast of northern
00:05Taiwan on Thursday.
00:07The operation to remove 290 tons of oil is expected to take up to two weeks.
00:14The Chinese cargo ship ran aground when Typhoon Kongrei hit Taiwan two weeks ago.
00:19All of the crew members were safely evacuated.
00:22Rough weather conditions prevented work crews from starting the pumping operation earlier.