Michigan Governor Declares Emergency After Dams Collapse Following Heavy Rain

Michigan Governor Declares Emergency After Dams Collapse Following Heavy Rain
A man brings a chair to the front of his house from the back yard, wading through floodwater in Edenville, Mich., on May 19, 2020. Katy Kildee/Midland Daily News via AP
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EDENVILLE, Mich.—Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday declared a state of emergency for Midland County after two dams collapsed due to heavy rain in the past few days.

About 10,000 people in central Michigan have been forced to evacuate. Families living along the Tittabawassee River and connected lakes in Midland County were ordered to leave home, for the second time in 24 hours.