On the coast of North Carolina, there are many large pig farms with open-air lagoons directly in the path of Hurricane Florence. The residents are extremely considered the lagoons could overflow and enter the rivers. Many have began pumping the lagoons out onto fields to lower the lagoon levels, which would hopefully contain the rain water. If the lagoon does begin to overflow, the wall of it will deteriorate and spill into the rivers. The residents realize they are at the mercy of the storm and are praying all goes well given their situation.
The article from NPR does good giving the facts as it is. It displays prominence or impact, not by being famous but a Hurricane is a storm of great magnitude. Unfortunately, they are known to cause great damage to anything in its path.
Dan Charles, from NPR, does not seem to follow the inverted pyramid design. He gives the reader background before explaining what could happen. In this case though, I believe giving this context earlier is better to understand the how numerous the hog barns are there. It is definitely on the unique side because hog waste normally does not make national news.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/11/646790793/hog-farmers-scramble-to-drain-waste-pools-ahead-of-hurricane-florence
No, it may not make news often. But if I ived downriver from these hog lots, I would definitely be interested.