North Carolina farms engulfed by Matthew’s wake
Story Date: 10/17/2016

 

Source:POLITICO, 10/13/16

Conflicting reports emerged Wednesday of hog lagoons in hurricane-ravaged North Carolina leaking toxic manure into floodwaters, with environmentalists saying they’ve identified five sites that were either breached or overflowing. “There are horrific problems, and I use that term very carefully,” Rick Dove, a senior adviser for the Waterkeeper Alliance, told MA in a phone interview shortly after an observation flight.

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