Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday that crews are working to prevent the collapse of a large wastewater pond in Manatee County area while evacuating the area.
Listen • 1:04 Governor Ron DeSantis said he deployed the National Guard to provide pumps to help drain the Piney Point reservoir.
Governor Ron DeSantis and members of the Florida Department of Emergency Management on Sunday toured a leaking phosphate processing pond in Manatee County where the threat of a larger breach could send hundreds of millions of gallons of water into the neighboring area and Tampa Bay.
DeSantis issued a state of emergency on Saturday and sent in the National Guard to provide pumps in an attempt to drain the reservoir before the hole in the earthen dam becomes larger.
Authorities had stated on Saturday that such a breach was imminent and could send a wall of water into the surrounding area, which is south of Sun City near the Hillsborough County line.
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Crews racing to contain a wastewater leak from a pond in the Tampa Bay area have spotted a potential second breach Monday as evacuation orders remain in effect, officials say.
The development comes after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Sunday of a catastrophic flood situation if the body of water at Piney Point, a former phosphate mine, collapses. Manatee County officials said at one point that an ongoing breach there has the potential to gush out a 20-foot-high wall of water but as of Monday afternoon, around 300 million gallons remain and the threat of a full breach could be contained within 48 hours as crews drain the pond.
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