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Residents in two central Michigan towns were told to evacuate immediately Tuesday evening after floodwaters caused a dam to fail. Emergency officials in Midland County, about 150 miles north of Detroit, had earlier warned residents along Wixom and Sanford lakes that the Edenville Dam was in danger of failure. They told residents to leave immediately around 6:15 p.m. EDT when the dam could no longer hold back the water flowing through its flood gates.
originally posted by: FamCore
Officials saying the culprit is 3 to 5 inches of rainfall that occurred upstream but there must have been some other factors contributing to the structural failure
The Edenville dam broke a little while ago, the Sanford dam is overflowing and is near breaking, bridges are collapsing in the area from the water, roads are being washed out, the Midland County scanner is very busy with evacuations. US10 is being shut down both ways in some areas. This is my backyard. It's flooding in major proportions like we haven't seen in decades.
originally posted by: HalWesten
I'm not far from there and I work in Midland, MI which is just south of there. The west side of Midland is being evacuated now as well as people in the Sanford and surrounding areas just north and west of Midland. The Edenville dam broke a little while ago, the Sanford dam is overflowing and is near breaking, bridges are collapsing in the area from the water, roads are being washed out, the Midland County scanner is very busy with evacuations. US10 is being shut down both ways in some areas.
This is my backyard. It's flooding in major proportions like we haven't seen in decades.
originally posted by: watchitburn
originally posted by: chiefsmom
a reply to: FamCore
Bring it on.
Lord knows this state needs something.
But damn if our governor won't blame this on someone else.
Not her fault
It's a racist dam that wants to make her look bad.
Ban assault dams!
originally posted by: watchitburn
originally posted by: chiefsmom
a reply to: FamCore
Bring it on.
Lord knows this state needs something.
But damn if our governor won't blame this on someone else.
Not her fault
It's a racist dam that wants to make her look bad.
Ban assault dams!
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: watchitburn
originally posted by: chiefsmom
a reply to: FamCore
Bring it on.
Lord knows this state needs something.
But damn if our governor won't blame this on someone else.
Not her fault
It's a racist dam that wants to make her look bad.
Ban assault dams!
Whitmer doesn’t need any help looking bad.
No, the structures have been fine for several decades, this is just a sh*t-ton of water that has been deposited in the last couple of days.
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: watchitburn
originally posted by: chiefsmom
a reply to: FamCore
Bring it on.
Lord knows this state needs something.
But damn if our governor won't blame this on someone else.
Not her fault
It's a racist dam that wants to make her look bad.
Ban assault dams!
Whitmer doesn’t need any help looking bad.
...she has mirrors. Woman looks like someone set Katy Perry's face on fire and stomped it out with a work boot that had ice cleats attached to it...
originally posted by: Stupidsecrets
How many state crisis does it take to stop electing idiots that create them.