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At least two major dams in North Carolina were at risk or in the process of failing on Friday, forcing evacuations after Hurricane Helene inundated the region. Officials in South Carolina have been warned that a failure could even impact towns there, according to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. “RESIDENTS BELOW THE LAKE LURE DAM NEED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY! Lake Lure in North Carolina as seen from Chimney Rock National Park. It also received $16.5 million for the project in 2022 from the state of North Carolina.
Persons: Helene, Rob Mathis, , ” Mathis, Kristin Coulter, Mathis, ” Coulter, Olivia Stewman, ” Stewman, Hurricane Helene, Jared Klein, ” Klein Organizations: Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Duke Energy, Tennessee Emergency Management, , ” United States Geological, North Carolina Department of Environmental, Emergency Management, Facebook, National Weather Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Association of, Officials, NBC News Locations: North Carolina, Tennessee, Cocke County, Waterville, Newport , Tennessee, Newport, , South Carolina, Rutherford, Asheville, Lake Lure, Lure, Southern Appalachia, Hurricane, Lake, U.S, Nebraska
Habitat loss, overfishingand their fate as bycatch in fishing nets have threatened porbeagle shark populations. Northwest Atlantic porbeagle sharks are listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. The team pieced together several factors that indicated the shark had been eaten and the tag excreted by a larger predator that gobbled up the shark, Anderson said. Unusual suspectsPorbeagles belong to a family called lamnid sharks, which also includes great white sharks and mako sharks. Gutteridge, who was not involved in the study, agrees that a white shark is the most likely culprit.
Persons: , Brooke Anderson, ” Anderson, , Jon Dodd, Anderson, porbeagles, , porbeagle, James Sulikowski, Shortfin, chow, It’s, Adrian Gutteridge, ” Gutteridge, they’re Organizations: CNN, Marine Science, North Carolina Department of Environmental, International Union for Conservation of, Marine Stewardship Council, International Union for Conservation, Specialist Locations: Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Bermuda, Canada, New England, Atlantic
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