Feb. 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration that will mobilize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist in the clean-up of millions of gallons of sewage in the Potomac River.
The declaration comes five weeks after nearly 250 million gallons of sewage spilled into the river after a sewage line collapsed.
The Potomac River runs between Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
"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 or avert the threat of a catastrophe," FEMA said in a press release.
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