BRADENTON, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a storage pond of wastewater threatened to cause flooding and collapse a system with radioactive material.
Officials in Florida were evacuating homes and a highway Saturday near the large reservoir in the area north of Bradenton on Friday.
News outlets say the Red Cross has been called in to help residents. [TRENDING: Daytona Beach restaurants suffering from staff shortage | Slain Capitol officer identified | FEMA sites switch to J&J vaccine] The Florida Department of Environmental Protection says a break was detected Friday in one of the walls of a 77-acre pond, holding millions of water containing phosphorus and nitrogen from an