State of emergency in Florida.
A leak in a sewage reservoir in Manatee County, Tampa area risks causing catastrophic flooding.
State Governor Ron DeSantis has already issued an evacuation order for hundreds of residents.
The risk is that a wall of water over six meters high could overwhelm homes and infrastructure close to an old phosphate mine.
According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, although the waters contained in the reserve have high levels of festate and nitrogen, they are not toxic.
The first alarm occurred already last month with losses. Authorities have since begun to empty the basin, however a significant leak last weekend caused alarm over the risk of a collapse of the levees.