After hurricane matthew, officials worried about complete failure. At it last inspection in 2013, the dam was classified as high hazard and in poor condition. The state deq have been trying to get the dams owners to fix it but the firm went bankrupt and the dam was sold the new owners, resetting the clock on enforcement action. They had to go through the process again. Reporter size in the concrete spillway, which had eroded. We were getting to the point of getting that corrected when we had the flood. Reporter according to the u. S. Army corps of engineers, there are more than 1200 high hazard dams here in North Carolina. They say after matthew, we were lucky. Actually i think its more failures. We had very few actual breaches. Reporter of the many dams in the state, deq says 153 of them are rated poor or unsatisfactory and in need of repair. If you want to know where they are, we have the list of all 153 at wncn. Com. Waivers could allow schools to forego making up time missed during