Florida Jail Evacuated Over Concerns of ‘Catastrophic Flooding’

A reservoir near the old Piney Point phosphate mine, in Bradenton, Fla., on April 3, 2021. Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald via AP

A Florida jail was evacuated over the weekend amid concerns of potentially “catastrophic flooding” after a reservoir leak was discovered near a containment area in Manatee County.

Manatee County Jail public information officer Randy Warren told news outlets that 345 inmates will be taken to “an undisclosed secure location in order to free up bed space for the remaining 721 inmates on the upper level of the Manatee Jail.”