Approximately 10,000 people evacuated as waters surge to record levels. Andrew FreedmanEditor focusing on extreme weather, climate change, science and the environment. May 20 at 10:03 AM Unprecedented flooding was ongoing Wednesday morning in Midland County, Mich., after a pair of dams collapsed following record rainfall. Thousands of residents have been told to evacuate as…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Floodwaters in central Michigan broke records early Wednesday and threatened to rise even higher after catastrophic dam failures forced about 10,000 people to evacuate as the region faces an additional hardship during the coronavirus pandemic.The National Weather Service (NWS) said the Tittabawassee River…
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday declared an emergency for Midland county after two dams, Edenville and Sanford, breached due to heavy rain in the past few days and residents nearby have been told to evacuate immediately on expectations of extreme flooding. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribeReuters brings you the latest business, finance and breaking news video from…
Angie Jackson and Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press Published 12:04 a.m. ET May 20, 2020 | Updated 1:52 a.m. ET May 20, 2020CLOSE People living along two mid-Michigan lakes and parts of a river have been evacuated following several days of heavy rain that produced flooding and put pressure on dams in the area. (May…
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(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…