Heavy Winds And Rain Impact The Chesapeake Bay

Recent storms caused serious damage when they made landfall along the East Coast in September. Although the storms have since passed, their impact is still being felt in and along local streams and waterways as well as in the Chesapeake Bay. A brown plume of sediment filled with trash, debris, sewage and other pollutants is currently making its way down the Chesapeake Bay. People have reported seeing tires, dining room chairs and even toilet seats floating in local waterways. Satellite images, like this one shown from NASA, track the pollution coming from large tributaries like the Susquehanna, Potomac and Rappahannock rivers.