WNCN North Carolina News At 600PM October 26, 2016
After hurricane matthew, officials worried about complete failure. At it last inspection in 2013, the dam was classified as high hazard and in poor condition. The state deq have been trying to get the dams owners to fix it but the firm went bankrupt and the dam was sold the new owners, resetting the clock on enforcement action. They had to go through the process again. Reporter size in the concrete spillway, which had eroded. We were getting to the point of getting that corrected when we had the flood. Reporter according to the u. S. Army corps of engineers, there are more than 1200 high hazar...