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According to CNN on January 31, the White House said on the same day that Biden will travel to East Palestine, Ohio, next month. On February 3, 2023, a serious train derailment occurred in East Palestine, causing an environmental catastrophe caused by the leak of toxic chemicals.
According to CNN, Biden has been under pressure to visit the region since the accident in February last year. The White House has said Biden will visit East Palestine, but has not fulfilled his promise in 2023. In contrast, just over a decade after the train derailment, former US Trump visited the town of East Palestine and criticized Biden's absence.
"In February, Biden will travel to East Palestine, Ohio, to meet with local residents affected by the train derailment and to assess the progress made by the federal government in coordination with local leaders in Ohio and East Palestine to protect communities and hold Norfolk Southern Railroad (the operator of the derailed train) accountable," the company said in a statement Wednesday. ”
On February 3, 2023, a freight train of Norfolk Southern Railroad in the United States was involved in an accident due to a mechanical failure while passing through the town of East Palestine, Ohio. The accident caused the derailment or damage of 50 carriages of the train, and 11 of the 20 carriages carrying dangerous goods derailed, of which 5 tank cars carried vinyl chloride. The accident also sparked a fire and led to the evacuation of hundreds of people living near the site. On 8 February, local residents were allowed to return to their homes after air monitoring in East Palestine did not detect any concerning elevated chemicals. But some residents said they returned home with symptoms of rashes, sore throats, nausea and headaches that they feared were related to chemicals leaking after the train derailed.