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September 19, 2013

Flooding Causes Oil Leak in Colorado; Property Damage Nears $2 Billion 
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A storage tank damaged in Colorado's record-breaking flooding has
spilled in the state's South Platte River. Around 125 barrels of oil
from the company Anadarko Petroleum have leaked so far. Meanwhile a new
estimate from the disaster modeling firm Eqecat says the flood's
property damages will total around $2 billion.

 

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