Rapidly rising water overflowed two dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where flooding struck communities along rain-swollen waterways. Governor Gretchen Whitmer said downtown Midland could be “under approximately 9 feet of water” by Wednesday, and that "to go through this in the midst of a global pandemic is almost unthinkable."
For the second time in less than 24 hours, families living along the Tittabawassee River and connected lakes in Midland County were ordered Tuesday evening to evacuate immediately. By Wednesday morning, water that was several feet high covered some streets near the river in downtown Midland, including riverside parkland, and reaching a hotel and parking lots.
The National Weather Service urged anyone near the river to seek higher ground following the “catastrophic dam failures” at the Edenville Dam, about 140 miles (225 kilometres) north of Detroit, and the Sanford Dam, about 11 kilometres downriver.
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13 окт 2024