Florida’s governor has declared a state of emergency over concerns that a reservoir containing 400 million gallons of wastewater from a former phosphate mine may collapse and engulf the surrounding Tampa Bay area, prompting efforts to drain its contents into local waterways. “If you’re in an evacuation area and you have not heeded that, you need to think twice,” he said. BREAKING: @MCGPublicSafety officials just expanded a mandatory evacuation area around the breached Piney Point reservoir. Google Maps The reservoir, which is owned by HRK Holdings, is located near the Tampa Bay. Hopes, at the presser on Sunday, appeared to concede that issues with the reservoir have long been swept under a rug.

Source: Huffington Post April 04, 2021 19:18 UTC