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Tornado Hits Tennessee School, Causes Injuries
At a Glance A school and community center were damaged by severe weather Thursday afternoon.Tornadoes touched down in eastern Tennessee. No major injuries were reported. Buildings were damaged in an eastern Tennessee town during severe weather late Thursday afternoon. A tornado-warned storm passed through Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, in Cumberland County shortly after 4 p.m. CDT. The storm produced a tornado that would later be rated EF0 intensity with winds of 80 mph. "There has been some minor damage reported to...
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'20-Foot Wall of Water' Could Be Unleashed if Florida Phosphate Pond Collapses, Official Warns
At a Glance The Manatee County pond holds wastewater from phosphate fertilizer manufacturing.The pond breached Friday and officials warned Saturday it could collapse at any minute.A county official said 340 million gallons of wastewater could flow out of the pond in minutes.Florida has about 25 of these wastewater ponds that sit atop gypsum stacks. Others have breached before. This article is no longer being updated. For the latest on the Piney Point phosphate pond, click here. A 20-foot-tall wall of...
Evacuations Ordered for North Dakota Town Threatened by Wildfire
A wildfire burns near Medora, North Dakota, on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (U.S. Forest Service-Dakota Prairie Grasslands via Facebook ) At a Glance The fire threatened the town of Medora.The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings.Gov. Doug Burgum declared a statewide fire emergency. A town in western North Dakota was ordered to evacuate Thursday night as a wildfire fueled by dry, windy conditions swept through a cemetery and threatened a historic amphitheater. Police went door to door alerting the...
Long-term Plan for Piney Point: County Votes To Inject Treated Phosphate Wastewater into Aquifer
A reservoir near the old Piney Point phosphate mine was in danger of collapsing on Saturday, April 3, 2021 in Bradenton, Florida. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency after a significant leak at the wastewater pond threatened to flood roads and homes and wash into Tampa Bay. (Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald via AP) At a Glance The County Commission approves a plan to eventually empty all reservoirs at the old fertilizer plant.In the meantime, pumps are still...
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