NHC water main in danger after Hurricane Florence

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Government officials in New Hanover County have voiced new concerns as a water main in danger of breaking could leave two-thirds of the area without water. (Source: Kasey Cunningham | WRAL)

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT/WRAL) –

Government officials in New Hanover County have voiced new concerns as a water main in danger of breaking could leave two-thirds of the area without water, according to WRAL.

“We’ve got a raw transmission line that we’re concerned about on 421, where there was a washout, which provides about two-thirds of the water for this area that we’re really concerned about right now, that we’re trying to shore up,” Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo told sister-station WRAL.

Water has been rushing across Highway 421 at the New Hanover and Pender county line. The water is pooling from the Northeast Cape Fear River and Black River, causing parts of the highway to cave in.

Both sides of 421 are blocked off at this time, and authorities are urging people to stay behind the barricades, even on foot.

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