Ron DeSantis declares state of emergency for Florida county due to leak at wastewater pond washingtonexaminer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonexaminer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Governor Ron DeSantis took part in an aerial tour and later held a press conference after more than 300 homes were evacuated Saturday near the large reservoir in the Tampa Bay area.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday that crews are working to prevent the collapse of a large wastewater pond in the Tampa Bay area while evacuating the area.
Stephen King: Piney Point Could Be the Disaster Florida Has Been Courting for a Long, Long Time
On 4/4/21 at 12:59 PM EDT
Stephen King warned that the breach at the Piney Point reservoir in Florida could lead to disaster that the facility has been courting for many years.
Florida s GOP Governor Ron DeSantis visited the site on Sunday, after declaring a state of emergency a day earlier over the breach at the waste water reservoir in Manatee County. The entire site and a wide area around it has been ordered to evacuate as emergency crews work to pump the waste water into the Tampa Bay in an effort to prevent massive flooding that could be caused by feared structural collapse. Piney Point is located about 40 miles from Tampa s city center.