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are in. so it was thursday when the waters of the cape fear river first flooded into a cooling lake on this natural gas plant s property which was formerly a coal burning power plant. friday we first learned of the breach of the dam, several breaches. the video we can show you of the power plant was taken before the dam was breached. now the question is how long will it take for the coal ash basin to begin flooding into the cooling lake as well. duke energy says there s no visible sign of coal ash in the cooling lake. we have seen helicopters overhead all morning long, monitoring the site. they say there are water samples being taken. they ll take days before they re back. again, at this time duke energy says there s no visible coal ash in the cooling lake, but again, this is such an on-going situation, a fluid situation literally, if you will, and extent of damage people could be
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you have both sides being very careful with their verbiage because the fact of the matter is, it is just too early for anyone to be certain one way or the other. the reason being, that sampling of this water just began yesterday when a dam was breached on the cooling lake after it was being flooded by the waters of the cape fear river. samples are expected to have resulted returned to duke energy tonight. those first results will give us a clearer picture of the danger the people in wilmington could be in if this coal ash was to get into this river. at this time, duke energy maintains that the coal basins are secure. they say when the cooling lake started taking on water, they began excavating even before the storm this cool ash industrial waste debris, moving it to a landfill, building a steel wall to protect those basins. so, again, fred, at this time,
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flooding that lumberton is about 60 miles from the coast, but prolonged rains from hurricane florence have created flood companies not only in this town, but throughout many parts of the southeastern north carolina. statewide flooding is affecting 750 roads including sections of interstates i-95 and i-40. we followed a caravan of relief supplies into the state, even with police escorts, the supply trucks had to stop and reroute several times to avoid flooded roads. meanwhile, flooding along the cape fear river forced duke energy to shut down its lv sutton natural gas plant in wilmington. flood waters preached a dam surrounding a cooling lake. north carolina s department of environmental quality is monitoring because river flooding has spilled into a basin of coal ash, a byproduct from a retired power plant at the site. meanwhile, we ve learned that the coast guard set up a
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that cooling lake where the dam breached. all that being said, while the situation still very uncertain here, duke energy shared with us that what has gotten into the river at this point, some other byproducts of coal combustion. they re lightweight hallow beads and they say in their experience the beads have no environmental impact, at least not that could possibly compare to the damage that coal ash could do if it were to get in this riverway. all right. and nick, where you are in south carolina, what are the biggest concerns? reporter: well, just like what kaylee is dealing with this in wilmington. they re dealing with a lot of the aftermath. that water is starting to recede. here we are show i don t go awe neighborhood where the flooding is going up hour by hour, inch by inch. it s already two feet higher than yesterday and that seems to be sort of the norm here. every day that we ve been here the water has gone up two feet. at most, it was going up three
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