In 1889, more than 2, 000 people perished when a dam break sent water rushing through Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said that if the dam were to break it could flood Kentwood with 17 feet of water in an hour and a half.

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Sweeping deregulation would break the dam on capital investment.

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It has now put a break in the dam to control drainage around the site.

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"Once the rain is here, the remaining sludge will be washed out and the the dam's northern sections is going to break away, " Mr Illes said.

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