North Carolina

Greensboro says 1 million gallons of wastewater spilled during Michael

En esta imagen tomada de un video proporcionado por SevereStudios.com, pueden verse los daños causados por el huracán Michael en Mexico Beach, Florida, el 11 de octubre de 2018. (SevereStudios.com via AP)

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The city of Greensboro says flooding from Tropical Storm Michael caused more than 1 million gallons of untreated wastewater to overflow from its facilities.

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The city announced the spills Saturday evening. It says the largest discharge was 800,000 gallons that flowed over a 16-hour period into a creek.

According to the News & Record, the city says the downstream areas were inspected and cleaned up where necessary.

Flooding during Hurricane Florence last month also caused sewage overflows in Greensboro.

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