Manatee County officials ordered people in more than 300 homes to urgently evacuate the area around an old phosphate plant at Piney Point, where officials described a deteriorating leak.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis to Hold News Conference in Manatee County The Florida Department of Environmental Protection says a break was detected Friday in one of the walls of a 77-acre pond, holding millions of water containing phosphorus and nitrogen from an old phosphate plant
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Gov. Ron DeSantis will be holding a news conference in Manatee County Sunday to provide updates regarding the significant leak in the Piney Point reservoir that authorities fear could lead to floods and possibly the collapse of a system with radioactive material.
The governor will be speaking at the Manatee County Emergency Management at 2101 47th Terrace in Bradenton, Florida at 11 a.m.