Millions of dead chickens and pigs found in hurricane floods

In North Carolina 3.4 million chickens and 5,500 hogs have been confirmed killed as massive lagoons are discharging fecal soupEric Phelps steered a small, battery-powered pontoon boat over the tops of cornstalks and into the eastern North Carolina town of Wallace on Thursday afternoon. The smell of floodwater under a hot sun - a mix of oil, manure and mold - was overwhelming.Gliding across the surface, Phelps saw something even more unsettling: dead chickens, hundreds of them, lodged against people's fences, stuck in the tops of bushes, lapping up against front porch steps. Continue reading...