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September 21, 2018 at 9:08 pm

NC river swirls with gray muck near flooded coal ash dump VIEW

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Gray muck is flowing into the Cape Fear River from the site of a dam breach at a Wilmington power plant...

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September 21, 2018 at 8:44 am

Flooding: Dam breach at Duke plant; coal ash could spill VIEW

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Florence's floodwaters breached a dam holding back a large reservoir at a Wilmington power plant Friday, and coal ash from an...

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In this Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 photo. released by Cape Fear River Watch, gray water containing coal ask flows from a ruptured landfill at the L.V. Sutton Power Station in Wilmington, N.C., and flows toward Sutton Lake, near the Cape Fear River. Duke Energy says it’s initial estimate is that about 2,000 cubic yards (1,530 cubic meters) of ash were displaced at the landfill, enough to fill about 180 dump trucks. The photo was taken by Kemp Burdette with the Cape Fear River Watch, an environmental advocacy group. (Kemp Burdette/Cape Fear River Watch via AP) AX201 AX201

September 19, 2018 at 10:20 pm

Floodwaters inundate lake at NC power plant, raising alarm

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Duke Energy activated a high-level emergency alert at a retired coal-fired power plant in North Carolina as floodwaters from the nearby...

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September 18, 2018 at 9:31 pm

Regulators: NC flooding too bad to tally environmental harm VIEW

Aerial photographs show widespread devastation to farms and industrial sites in eastern North Carolina, with tell-tale trails of rainbow-colored sheen indicating potential contamination visible on...

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Chicken farm buildings are inundated with floodwater from Hurricane Florence near Trenton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) NCSH115 NCSH115

September 18, 2018 at 10:55 am

3.4 million poultry, 5,500 hogs drowned in Florence flooding | Florence: the damage

Major flooding is continuing Tuesday after Florence's passage and is expected to worsen in some areas. Sixteen North Carolina rivers were at major flood stage,...

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September 17, 2018 at 8:18 pm

Pollution fears: Swollen rivers swamp ash dumps, hog farms

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Flooded rivers from Florence's drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution concerns as the swollen...

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September 16, 2018 at 9:24 pm

Pollution fears: Swollen rivers swamp ash dumps, hog farms

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Flooded rivers from Florence's drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution concerns as the swollen...

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September 15, 2018 at 10:21 pm

Swollen N.C. rivers swamp hog farms, coal-ash dumps, raise water-pollution fears

As rain from Florence continued to lash the Carolinas, the region's swollen rivers were beginning to swamp coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms Sunday,...

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September 15, 2018 at 6:33 pm

Rains from Florence cause collapse at NC coal ash landfill

Duke Energy said Saturday night that heavy rains from Florence caused a slope to collapse at a coal-ash landfill at a closed power station near...

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September 14, 2018 at 11:08 am

Regulators keep watch on toxic waste sites during hurricane VIEW

As Hurricane Florence spins inland, environmental regulators are monitoring more than three dozen toxic waste sites in the storm's path, as well as scores of...

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