The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it’s helping the District of Columbia clean up and make repairs after a section of sewer line collapsed last month, leading to a massive discharge of raw sewage into the Potomac River.

The EPA called it an ecological crisis of "historic proportion" after a massive sewer pipe collapsed north of Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump on Saturday approved District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for an emergency disaster declaration, addressing what is considered the largest sewage spill in U.S. history.

U.S. President Donald Trump has approved an emergency declaration for Washington, D.C., following a massive sewage spill into the Potomac River, triggering a coordinated federal response led by the Federal

January, when part of a major D.C. Water sewage pipeline called the Potomac Interceptor collapsed, flooding the Potomac River with about 234 million gallons of wastewater. The sewer line carries about 60 million gallons of wastewater daily from the Virginia and Maryland suburbs to D.

U.S. President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration for the District of Columbia, authorizing federal assistance and coordination through the Federal Emergency Management