When the '500-year flood' hit Michigan, residents had to weigh risk of escape in a pandemic
by Carol Thompson in Midland, Michigan from Environment | The Guardian on (#53SNG)
The coronavirus complicated response to the disastrous flood that swallowed a series of small communities in mid-Michigan when an ageing dam broke
Suzy Kastura had less than an hour to pack before the floodwaters gushed into her home in the central Michigan town of Midland. Her neighbor knocked on the door after the Edenville Dam failed on Tuesday, sending a deluge downstream toward the town where they live. They had to evacuate, fast.
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