Flood Damage

In partnership with Central Michigan University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, WCMU's “The Sanford Voices Project” documents the personal histories of those affected by the disaster, and how they recovered.

Gladwin County homeowner Jim Hall says it took 8.5 hours for the canals around Wixom Lake to drain after the Edenville Dam failed in 2020. Officials estimate it could take two to seven years for all the water to return.

Five years ago Monday, two dams broke and flooded large swaths of Midland and Gladwin Counties during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MARQUETTE, MI— The cost of flood damage in the Upper Peninsula is stacking up.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released an independent forensic report detailing the causes for the 2020 flooding in Midland County. The report concluded that blame cannot be placed on any one individual, organization, or group and the flooding was "foreseeable and preventable."

Officials with the Great Lakes Water Authority say one-third of the system’s water pumps at the Conners Creek and Freud facilities failed to work because…

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is appealing to the federal government for emergency assistance after the city’s flooding this week.Part of that includes…

For Mid Michigan flood victims hoping to receive assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is opening a physical site Tuesday to drop…

Mid-Michigan residents are beginning to take stock of the damage wrought by historic floods. The small village of Sanford has just over 800-residents. It…

Governor Snyder this week declared a state of disaster in several Michigan counties following February's widespread flooding.State officials said 17…