Several North Carolina Hog-Waste Lagoons Flooded by Hurricane Florence
- State pork council cites ‘widespread impact’ after heavy rains
- At least two swine lagoons breached: environmental department
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There have been at least two breaches of hog-manure lagoons in North Carolina amid the record-setting, still-rising floods that have been unleashed by deadly Hurricane Florence, according to a state agency.
One of the sites is in Duplin County and contains more than 300,000 cubic yards of waste, which can be described as a “total loss,” said Megan Thorpe, a spokeswoman for the state’s Department of Environmental Quality.