Thousands evacuate after dams fail, and Michigan's governor warns that a city of 41,000 people could soon be under 9 feet of water. Follow live updates.
Michigan officials juggle evacuating thousands from flooding threat and containing coronavirusAbout 3,500 homes and 10,000 people have so far been affected by
in mid-Michigan ordered after two dams failed, Mark Bone, chair of the Midland County Board of Commissioners, said he believes.The evacuations come in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Teams are trying to screen people arriving at the shelters, Bone said, and emergency personnel have plenty of personal protective equipment and are wearing masks."To go through this in the midst of a global pandemic is almost unthinkable.
"Please, to the best of your ability, continue to wear a face covering when you go to a shelter or go stay with a friend or relativeThe Michigan Army National Guard is on site, with 100 soldiers doing inspections around the area, Whitmer said."We have been working alongside local agencies, watching closely the rapid changes that have been occurring due to the flooding," Greg Rogers, the president of the medical center, said in a news release.
The hospital said it has made improvements to protect the hospital since the flood of 1986, which include a FEMA-approved flood wall located on medical center property and generators built above the flood plain.
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