(Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)In sunnier times, Lake Sutton in North Carolina is a popular fishing spot. But during Hurricane Floyd in 1999, hog lagoons across the eastern part of North Carolina broke open and dumped tons of liquid and solid waste into the storm waters. But in February 2014, a Duke Energy coal ash basin flooded when a stormwater pipe cracked open, dumping 39,000 tons of coal ash into the Dan River. Two of the coal ash pits are closed, but the rest remain. Like many other older coal ash sites, these have been overgrown with trees.

Source: Washington Post September 18, 2018 10:00 UTC