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Flood waters churn up pollution and debris

9/28/2018

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Photo taken Sept. 19th by NASA's Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite. This image shows polluted waters following Hurricane Florence. Credit: Joshua Stevens/U.S. Geological Survey/NASA
Floodwaters from Hurricane Florence stirred up pollution and debris, which then was fed into the swollen rivers of North Carolina. Satellite images from space showed various amounts of contaminants flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. 

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