Russian rescue helicopters searched for five missing seamen on Monday after a storm in the northern mouth of the Black Sea , while a slick of oil from a sunken tanker began washing onto beaches.
A crew member evacuates the Vera Voloshina, a Russian cargo ship, during a storm Sunday in the Black Sea off Ukraine. The storm sank several ships, stranded others and spilled 1.3 million gallons of oil.
The dead sailors wearing life vests washed up near Tuzla on the western side of the strait, said Emergency Situations spokesman Sergei Kozhemyaka.
Birds seeking shelter on the shore near the center of the storm were covered in a treacly mixture of oil and seaweed -- the first evidence of what one Russian official called an "environmental disaster."
A flock of about 1,000 rails, a species of wetland bird, were huddled on the beach, unable to fly because their feathers were coated with oil. Some were unable to stand.
The polluted area is at the heart of the migration route from central Siberia i
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