NC river swirls with gray muck near flooded coal ash dump
(WorldNews Mexico)

Floodwaters breached several points early Friday in the earthen dam at Sutton Lake, the plant’s 1,100-acre (445-hectare) reservoir. Lake water then flooded one of three large coal ash dumps lining the lakeshore. Sheehan said the company can’t rule out that ash might be escaping the flooded dump and flowing through the lake into the river. The ash left over when coal is burned to generate electricity contains mercury, lead, arsenic and other toxic heavy metals. Duke said Friday the inundated basin at the plant contains about 400,000 cubic yards (305,820 cubic meters) of ash. The area received more than 30 inches (75 centimeters) of rain from former Hurricane Florence, with the...