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Kent coast braced for timber adrift at sea

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The Dover Coastguard helicopter
The Dover Coastguard helicopter

The timber is on its way - the only question is when and where might it land?

Dover coastguard is still keeping track of 1,500 tonnes of wood that has been adrift in the Dover Strait since Monday.

It comes after a Russian ship lost the wood in rough weather and is now anchored off the Isle of Wight.

It is thought it will come ashore in east Kent in the next day or so.

Dover Coastguards have been co-ordinating the operation to warn shipping of the danger of 1,500 tonnes of timber floating in the Channel.

The wood came from the Russian-registered cargo ship Sinegorsk which listed heavily in rough weather at the weekend, resulting in the timber falling into the sea off the Sussex coast.

Regular radio broadcasts have been made to shipping in the area, and the wood is likely to be washed up on the Kent coast.

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