Source: Craig Jarvis, NEWS & OBSERVER, 10/17/16

State environmental regulators say they are cautiously optimistic that hog waste lagoons in North Carolina are intact despite flooding from Hurricane Matthew. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality announced that it has not confirmed any reports of breached or overtopped lagoons. It is keeping an eye on 11 reports of flooded lagoons, however.

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