"A ticking time bomb": Floridians near reservoir on brink of collapse fear what lies ahead as wastewater continues to leak
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Four days after a state of emergency was declared, a former phosphate processing plant in Manatee County, Florida continues to leak and is on the verge of a "catastrophic" collapse. But for those who live in or right outside the evacuation zone of the Piney Point reservoir, they say there is little communication from officials, and that their current situation is like "living at the base of an active volcano."
Melissa Fitzsimmons lives on five acres of land just one block away from the border of the evacuation zone in Palmetto, Florida. She told CBS News on Monday that officials have not kept her family updated on the situation and that they have had to resort to local news to get insight about what's been happening just a few miles away. To go down their road to their home, she said, they have to show their IDs to officers to prove where they live. Fitzsimmons said she and her husband are "absolutely terrified" about what might happen if the facility collapses, especially because of her baby.Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Actor Richard Dreyfuss is facing backlash for allegedly sharing remarks that audience members found sexist, homophobic and generally offensive at a Q&A event over the weekend tied to a Massachusetts theater's screening of "Jaws." Dreyfuss starred in the 1975 blockbuster that was filmed in Massachusetts and screened Saturday night at The Cabot, a performing arts center in the coastal community of Beverly.