Gov. Whitmer calls flooding «a 500-year event»
The governor said experts consider the flood a “500-year event” that will have an affect on the state for a long time, after “catastrophic dam failures” at the Edenville Dam, about 140 miles north of Detroit, and the Sanford Dam, about seven miles downriver. About 10,000 people have evacuated since Tuesday night. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said that
