. After the Tsunami: Rapid Environmental Assessment. Industrial Sites, Power Plants and Ports The damage sustained by the ports infrastructure was mostly at Victoria Port. Two sea walls collapsed, five quays had wide cracks along their structure and the internal fittings of some fish processing factories were damaged as a result of the massive waves. Besides the rubblfe, there were no reports of any contaminants released into the environment even from flooding of factory premises. Any waste generated was disposed of within the normal waste disposal stream. For example, the 24 tons of contamina
. After the Tsunami: Rapid Environmental Assessment. Industrial Sites, Power Plants and Ports The damage sustained by the ports infrastructure was mostly at Victoria Port. Two sea walls collapsed, five quays had wide cracks along their structure and the internal fittings of some fish processing factories were damaged as a result of the massive waves. Besides the rubblfe, there were no reports of any contaminants released into the environment even from flooding of factory premises. Any waste generated was disposed of within the normal waste disposal stream. For example, the 24 tons of contaminated fish at Oceana Fisheries was used to prepare stock feed, in line with the waste management practice of the country. Sewage, Debris and Solid Waste The discharge of raw sewage into some marshes and the lagoon for 10 days was the biggest water pollution incident. The violent and sudden reversal of the waves and backwash caused the failure of the Roche Caiman Bridge. This bridge provides support to a 500 millimetre-diameter sewer conveying sewage from Victoria to the treatment works at Provident. As a result, the sewer line broke and spilt raw sewage into the lagoon. Another 150 millimetre-sewer rising main from Roche Camain Stage II was also Mahe, Seychelles (26 December 2004). People assess the damage after the tsunami hit the Seychelles capital Mahe. Seawater surges flooded the low lying areas of Mahe. Praslin and La Digue and caused widespread damage to beaches, coastal vegetation, roads, bridges, houses and other infrastructure. The tsunami was followed on 27 December by extreme weather, with rainfall reaching 250 millimetres in the northern and central areas of Mahe. Torrential rains continued for several days, causing further damage to infrastructure, dwellings and vegetation. ©Terence Fortune.'Reuters 105. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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