{"id":3930,"date":"2015-08-18T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T18:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2015-08-18T13:45:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T18:45:46","slug":"tianjin-port-blasts-thunderstorms-complicate-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/08\/18\/tianjin-port-blasts-thunderstorms-complicate-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Tianjin Port Blasts &#8211; Thunderstorms complicate recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tianjin-map-china.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3910\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tianjin-map-china-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Tianjin-map-china\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tianjin-map-china-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tianjin-map-china-360x200.jpg 360w, https:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tianjin-map-china-750x420.jpg 750w, https:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tianjin-map-china.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Tianjin Port Blasts &#8211; Thunderstorms complicate recovery<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/thunderstorms-complicate-recovery-tianjin-port-blasts-33147807\">AP (via ABC News)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function()\n{var po = document.createElement(\"script\");\npo.type = \"text\/javascript\"; po.async = true;po.src = \"https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/plusone.js\";\nvar s = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);\n})();\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar addthis_share = {\nurl: 'http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/thunderstorms-complicate-recovery-tianjin-port-blasts-33147807', \/\/override window url\ntitle: '', \/\/override window title\ndescription: '', \/\/optional\ntemplates: {\ntwitter: '{{title}} {{url}} (via @ABC)'\n},\nurl_transforms : {\nshorten: {\ntwitter: 'bitly'\n}\n},\nshorteners : {\nbitly : {\nlogin: 'abcnewstech',\napiKey: 'R_5190cb0ae6ff4c5b820f12d2343e1114'\n}\n}\n}\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar digAdData;\nvar digGetAd = function(){};\ntq = new Object();\ntq.path = '\/international\/story\/';\ntq.caid = '';\ntq.keywords = ((tq.keywords)&#038;&#038;(tq.keywords!=''))?tq.keywords+'':'';\ntq.show = '';\ntq.recipes = '';\ntq.id = '33147807';\ntq.section = 'international';\ntq.realsection = '';\ntq.subsection = '';\ntq.altsection = 'default';\ntq.objType = 'story';\ntq.byline = 'paul traynor associated press';\ntq.othersubs = '';\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/a.abcnews.com\/assets\/js\/adCallOverride.js?v=1\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nif(tq.path){\ntq.urlTargetPath = (tq.path)?tq.path:window.location.pathname;\ntq.urlTargetPath = (tq.urlTargetPath == '\/')?'\/index':tq.urlTargetPath;\ntq.urlKeywords = (tq.keywords)?tq.keywords:'';\ntq.urlRecipes = (tq.recipes)?tq.recipes:'';\ntq.urlShow = (tq.show)?tq.show:'';\ntq.urlFullQuery = '&#038;tqkw='+encodeURI(tq.urlKeywords)+'&#038;tqshow='+encodeURI(tq.urlShow)+encodeURI(tq.urlRecipes)+'&#038;url='+encodeURI(tq.urlTargetPath);\n}else{\ntq.urlFullQuery = '&#038;url='+encodeURI(window.location.pathname);\n}\nvar fwNetworkId = '168234'\nvar fwSectionFallbackId = '109523';\nvar fwAdSystem = true;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/a.abcnews.com\/assets\/js\/min\/fw.js?v=37\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/rtax.criteo.com\/delivery\/rta\/rta.js?netId=3363&amp;cookieName=crtg_abc&amp;rnd=91783515826&amp;varName=crtg_content\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ndigGetAd(\"FPBranding\");\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/abcnewsdotcom.disqus.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/abcnewsdotcom.disqus.com\/count.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/abcnewsdotcom.disqus.com\/count-data.js?1=33147807\" async=\"\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/layers.38fae00411dc8d86e76b.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/menu.7811ea8817fceb7f41dd.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/hi-res-css.221feda7aabef0c38a39.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/a.disquscdn.com\/next\/embed\/alfie.f51946af45e0b561c60f768335c9eb79.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><script id=\"live-alerts-script\" src=\"http:\/\/a.abcnews.com\/js\/livealerts\/live.js\" data-cache-buster=\"bn_1439921016250\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"window logged-out\">\n<div class=\"bodycontainer\">\n<div class=\"story_v2 core_container\">\n<div class=\"core_offset g_1\">\n<div id=\"story_core\" class=\"g_2\">\n<div id=\"storyText\">\n<blockquote><p>Thunderstorms Tuesday complicated recovery efforts from last week&#8217;s massive explosions at a warehouse in China&#8217;s Tianjin port that killed at least 114 people, left 57 missing and exposed dangerous chemicals \u2014 including some that could become flammable on contact with water.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have expressed concern that rain could spread some of the vast quantities of hazardous material at the site or set off chemical reactions sparking further explosions. Rain began falling mid-morning, but there was no immediate word of new blasts.<\/p>\n<p>Underscoring the weakness of China&#8217;s system of industrial safety, the head of the national organization responsible for those efforts has been placed under investigation for suspected &#8220;severe violation of discipline and law&#8221; \u2014 standard shorthand for corruption \u2014 the ruling Communist Party&#8217;s anti-graft watchdog said Tuesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-08-17\/more-ships-are-moored-off-tianjin-port-after-deadly-explosions\">Bloomberg<\/a> (dated Aug 16th):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>About 113 vessels are anchored in the sea off Tianjin port in northern China, days after explosions\u00a0at a hazardous-chemicals warehouse there killed 112 people and injured more than 700.<br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/cdn.taboola.com\/libtrc\/impl.173-1-RELEASE.js\" type=\"mce-text\/javascript\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"bb-transporter\" data-view-uid=\"1|0_5\">\n<div class=\"bb-transporter-item bb-transporter-item--current\" data-view-uid=\"1|0_5_1\" data-transporter-id=\"0\">\n<article class=\"article  with-large-image-lede supports-inline-slideshow\">\n<div class=\"article__content-well-boundary\">\n<div data-view-uid=\"1|0_5_1_3\">\n<section class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"article-body__content\">\n<blockquote><p>There were 68 bulk carriers, 26 dry cargo and passenger ships and 11 tankers anchored outside the port as of 8:15 a.m. local time Monday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The total includes eight ships used to support floating platforms in the sea. That compares with 110 vessels anchored offshore on Aug. 14.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NOTE: Due\u00a0to theses delays that may last 2-3 weeks, our\u00a0partners recommend that if\u00a0there is an urgent shipment, customers may consider shifting\u00a0the cargo to Qingdao Port temporarily &#8211; \u00a0which 550 \u00a0km away from Tianjin Port.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tianjin Port Blasts &#8211; Thunderstorms complicate recovery From AP (via ABC News): Thunderstorms Tuesday complicated recovery efforts from last week&#8217;s massive explosions at a warehouse in China&#8217;s Tianjin port that killed at least 114 people, left 57 missing and exposed dangerous chemicals \u2014 including some that could become flammable on contact with water. 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