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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Trump approves federal emergency declaration for Potomac River sewage spill

Seen through chain link fence, brown water gushes out of a pipe amid trees and a bridge.
Raw sewage pours into the historic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Cabin John, Maryland, 19 February. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Donald Trump approved a federal emergency declaration Saturday related to a sewer main break north of Washington DC that threatens to put a stink on the US’s 250th anniversary celebrations in the US capital this summer.

“The president’s action authorizes Fema to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population and to provide appropriate assistance to save lives, to protect property, public health and safety, and to lessen the threat of catastrophe,” a release from the Federal Emergency Management Agency said.

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