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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. the...

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...

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...

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 ...

Crowd source and they are unreliable. meanwhile on cape fear, shut down gas plant in wilmington, flood waters reached dam surrounding cooling lake, north carolina's department of environmental quality is monitoring the situation because the flood waters are near some coal-ash containing hazardous products from retired coal fire plant at the state. duke energy released statement, aerial and surveillance of the coal basinz suggests they are stable but again the situation being very closely monitored, arthel. arthel: thank you very much, eric. eric: sparks are flying deep in the heart of texas, s...