what it is about is this. this disaster in a town whose name sort of breaks your har to even say it now because it s called eden, north carolina, and it is a beautiful place, but eden, north carolina, has a really big problem because this is what has happened to it. eden is up by the virginia border. it s about 100 miles from the capital of north carolina. and as you can see here, this is a huge spill. this is the third largest spill of toxic coal ash in american history. we were supposed to be shocked as a nation into being super careful about this coal ash stuff after the largest coal ash spill in american history which was in 2008. that one happened in kingston, tennessee, about 300 miles away from the new coal ash spill. that tennessee spill is still being cleaned up now six years later. the cleanup costs for the tennessee bill, well over a billion dollars. that was supposed to be a
cloud of fire. it seemed like a safe distance. now, he s not so sure. when the explosion happened and i felt the heat and i decided to back away and put cars and a wall between me and the fire. just hide behind. we ll be all right. firefighters are dangerously close to the explosion, but somehow, they survive. the firefighters that were literally ten feet away from the truck, the explosion was on the other side of the truck to where the firefighters were. the entire area becomes a massive inferno, spewing flames and black smoke. it just exploded. tell mom it just exploded. the mood changed massively after that. suddenly, everyone was a little bit worried and a lot of people moved away at that stage. officials evacuate a 1500 foot radius around the blaze and are on scene for 14 hours. damages from the explosion and fire are estimated by authorities to be $2 million, plus $1.5 million more in cleanup costs. the video doesn t really do
she did say she is grateful for the support and prayers that came in from all over the world. the japanese government is building an ice wall to protect the shockingly toxic nuclear radiation leaks, they are going to freeze the ground underneath the tanks to keep the contaminated water coming in contact with the seawater. they expect the cleanup costs to be closer to $100 billion and says this ice wall is just a political show. well, the rim wildfire near yosemite national park is still burning tonight, it s about 75% contained, that s the good news. but here s the bad news 236,000 acres have burned since the fire started more than two weeks ago. it s the fourth biggest wildfire in california history. there has been speculation about the cause of the wildfire after one local fire official speculated it could have been
anything would have been better than 30 days. the judge was mocking us. she did say she is grateful for the support and prayers that came in from all over the world. the japanese government is building an ice wall to protect the shockingly toxic nuclear radiation leaks, they are going to freeze the ground underneath the tanks to keep the contaminated water coming in contact with the seawater. they expect the cleanup costs to be closer to $100 billion and says this ice wall is just a political show. well, the rim wildfire near yosemite national park is still burning tonight, it s about 75% contained, that s the good news. but here s the bad news 236,000 acres have burned since the fire started more than two weeks ago. it s the fourth biggest wildfire
fire are estimated by authorities to be $2 million, plus $1.5 million more in cleanup costs. the video doesn t really do it justice. actually watching it, and it was just, yeah, once in a lifetime thing. i m never going to see something like that again. dallas, texas. december 8th, 2005. an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don t understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering