MV Portland Bay anchored in a sheltered position after wind and torrential rain prevented towing the ship to safety
Efforts to tow the stricken cargo ship MV Portland Bay to deeper waters were suspended overnight after lines being used to pull the vessel broke in extreme weather.
“Based on current weather forecasts, it is expected that the ship will remain off shore until at least Wednesday.” “It’s akin to going to sea in a washing machine,” he told the Guardian, “I spoke with the guys: they described the seas as mountainous and said they were getting thrown around a bit. He said the crews had averted a potential “catastrophic” accident if the Portland Bay had run aground on the coast, with the potential for 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil to be spilled onto the shoreline at Royal National Park.
Scores of evacuation orders were issued, mostly north-west of Sydney, where major flooding has occurred along the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers at Menangle, North Richmond, Lower Portland and Windsor.
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