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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Thousands Evacuated from Central Michigan County after Two Dams Fail

Two breached dams caused by several days of rainfall and rising water on Tuesday forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in mid-Michigan, where the governor said one downtown could be “under approximately 9 feet of water” by morning.

For the second time in less than 24 hours, families living along two lakes and a river were ordered Tuesday to leave home.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for locations along the Tittabawassee River after the breach at the Edenville Dam in Midland County, about 140 miles (225.31 kilometers) north of Detroit and the Sanford Dam, about seven miles (11.26 kilometers) downriver from Edenville.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said downtown Midland faced an especially serious flooding threat. “In the next 12 to 15 hours, downtown Midland could be under approximately 9 feet of water. We are anticipating an historic high water level.”

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[Related:Feds Revoked Michigan Dam License in 2018: ‘Failure … to Safely Pass Flood Flows’]

6 comments:

  1. all deaths resulting from the dam failures will be added to the corona virus death totals.

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  2. and in a stay at home where do you go?

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  3. Infrastructure upkeep for the basic safety of property and people falls squarely in the lap of the governor, not Orange Man, not the public at large. This is a direct result of Whitmer's lack of situational awareness and preventative actions. She'll ask for emergency federal funding, making her problem everyone's problem.

    One possible solution to raise funds and reduce state liabilities by 25%: sell the western peninsula to Wisconsin.😉

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  4. Democrat ran state again proving total failure as usual.

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  5. OOPS! Someone forgot to open the gates....

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  6. Now the victims are violating the stay at home orders. Fine them!

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