FLORIDA governor Ron DeSantis has ordered residents to evacuate as a reservoir threatens to burst sending a "
catastrophic" 20ft wall of polluted wastewater crashing through homes.
Officials in Tampa Bay warned an "imminent" breach at an old phosphate plant could gush out 340million gallons of water in minutes.
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Officials have warned Tampa Bay could be flooded by 20ft wall of polluted water from a collapsing reservoirCredit: WFLA
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There are fears the leaking gypsum stack could collapse at any momentCredit: Facebook
DeSantis declared a state of emergency in Manatee County after a leak at the wastewater pond threatened to flood homes and roads with billions of liters of contaminated water.