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FEMA Region 3 Highlights Dam Safety on Anniversary of the Historic Johnstown Dam Failure
May 30, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release:

Philadelphia, Pa.- National Dam Safety Awareness Day occurs on May 31 of each year in remembrance of the devastating failure of the South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1889. It was the worst dam failure in the history of the United States and resulted in the loss of more than 2,200 lives.

The National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) . . .

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