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>> the dam has failed. 100% failure. evacuate. >> reporter: 10,000 residents forced to flee. >> could it get worse? yes. >> reporter: a nearby dow chemical plant forced to evacuate too. officials say flood waters are mixing with containment ponds. the nuclear reactor on site already shut down as a coronavirus protocol. federal regulators had worried about a possible failure at the edenville dam for years. >> regarding the dams, the state of michigan is reviewing every potential legal recourse that we have. >> reporter: complicating matters, michigan remains under a stay at home order to preven...

A major interstate closed and people asked to shelter in place. fuel tank fire and explosion. years in the making. an earthquake early warning app will finally be available in the bay area. t valuable seconds it could give you. now, news to build a better bay area, from abc 7. >> sky 7 is live over the new star energy plant in crockett. contra costa firefighters are getting ready to turn the scene over after the huge fire erupted. >> i'm kristin sze. moments ago fire investigators said there is no longer a threat of another explosion at the site. the facility is being turned back over to...

Call for help. alex? >> john, the last part of that package you did, that was just gut wrenching, that family, the fathers, children, only the mothers left. thank you very much, john yang. we'll hear more from you later. well, this morning pilots from spirit airlines have begun their second day of strikes causing the discounted carrier to cancel all flights. pilots are demanding what they call a fair and equitable contract. the strike is wreak iing havoc r thousands of passengers. >> i'm upset because i don't know what to do and at the same token i'm angry we were not notified. >> spirit pas...

Take weeks. between 400 and 500 barrels of oil spilled near the creek before that leak was capped. crews have set up containment ponds to stop the spread and the local drinking water is not affected. investigators still aren't certain what caused that leak. it could be the strangest political upset of the year. alvin green, an unemployed military veteran, stunned south carolina by winning the state's democratic primary for u.s. senate. what makes it even more unusual? he ran no formal campaign whatsoever. mr. green spoke with keith olbermann on countdown. >> i just think this they recognize ...

See that little thin line of boom right there? that is the pitiful means by which the whole thing is supposed to be contained. ah, boom. about 10 million americans have as the source of their drinking water that lake. while wi energies acknowledges this bluff collapsing 200 feet over lake michigan and throwing all that stuff into the lake, and they also acknowledge that coal ash was likely, quote, some of the material that washed into the lake, they also insist coal ash is not a hazardous material. it's unlikely there will be health impacts from the same event. that's the same thing the coal i...