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Crops within three miles of the crater were destroyed. Downwind, in a triangular swath stretching 200 miles to the east, about 10% of the crops suffered some damage from the dust. Several fields of alfalfa and wheat in eastern Washington were flattened by the weight of ash. When wetted by rains, like those that fell four days after the blast, ash on the ground forms a thick cement-like glop that young shoots may be unable to break through...
...streets announced the order to evacuate in English to a largely Spanish-speaking community. Many of those in the Somerville neighborhoods in danger had no transportation. And for those who owned cars, getting out proved almost as difficult--Metropolitan District Police barricaded most major thoroughfares near the accident. Many downwind of the leak were exposed during the morning hours. As late as 90 minutes after the crash, workers in one insulation plant were only beginning to emerge into the hazy streets...
Referring to studies of children born in three countries downwind of the power plant in recent months, Caldicott said there has been an increase of hypothyroidism, which can cause retardation...
...called because they are downwind of the prevailing northeasterly trade winds. Though the entire Lesser Antilles chain was known to the Spaniards as the Windward Islands-Islas de Barlovento -the group running from the Virgins to Guadeloupe is now known as the Leewards...
...labyrinth of pipes and valves, tanks and towers rises above the flat bushveld 60 miles north of Johannesburg. At night chimneys spew a gas that casts an eerie orange glow over the surrounding expanse of coal fields. Downwind from the plant, 35,000 people live in Sasolburg, a city of green lawns and broad highways. Their job: to produce Sasol, a synthetic oil made from coal...