An oil spill from a damaged tanker off the coast of the UAE has widened, satellite images showed, triggering more beach closures and raising environmental concerns, Reuters reports.
Images from the European Union’s Copernicus satellite observation network dated Oct 24, according to the report, show the oil spill has widened over the last few days and is reaching close to the shores of the northern Umm Al Quwain emirate, with dark layers of oil spreading at sea and along its coastline.
