Title: Tianjin Worries About Rainfall and Spread of Chemicals

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/404/chem_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Tianjin Worries About Rainfall and Spread of Chemicals' data-article-id='742'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9771'>Rain has fallen in China’s northeastern port city of Tianjin, where two large chemical explosions occurred last week. </span> <span data-start-time='9771' data-end-time='17167'>Officials there are trying to prevent the spread of dangerous chemicals and explosives from the site.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='17167' data-end-time='23396'>Officials have assured the public that measures are in place if the chemicals spread. </span> <span data-start-time='23396' data-end-time='33292'>However, it was not immediately clear whether Tuesday’s rain would cause the spread of toxic chemicals and dangerous materials.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='33292' data-end-time='43313'>Authorities say some 3,000 tons of hazardous materials were stored at the site at the time of the explosions last week. </span> <span data-start-time='43313' data-end-time='48729'>The chemicals included sodium cyanide and potassium nitrate.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button 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Rain has fallen in China’s northeastern port city of Tianjin, where two large chemical explosions occurred last week. Officials there are trying to prevent the spread of dangerous chemicals and explosives from the site.

Officials have assured the public that measures are in place if the chemicals spread. However, it was not immediately clear whether Tuesday’s rain would cause the spread of toxic chemicals and dangerous materials.

Authorities say some 3,000 tons of hazardous materials were stored at the site at the time of the explosions last week. The chemicals included sodium cyanide and potassium nitrate.

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