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Storms Sink Cargo, Beaches Flooded with Onions and Plastic

2/14/2026

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Storms cause many of the 250 million shipping containers that traverse the oceans each year to be lost.
Southern England beaches were littered with thousands of onions and frozen French fries from cargo that was lost at sea.
Nearly 30 tons of plastic pellets washed ashore on Spanish beaches after six containers fell from a Norwegian ship, highlighting the environmental impact of lost cargo along coastlines.

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Story summary

Storms cause many of the 250 million shipping containers that traverse the oceans each year to be lost.
Southern England beaches were littered with thousands of onions and frozen French fries from cargo that was lost at sea.
Nearly 30 tons of plastic pellets washed ashore on Spanish beaches after six containers fell from a Norwegian ship, highlighting the environmental impact of lost cargo along coastlines.