The governor of Michigan declared a state of emergency in response to “extraordinary flooding” in southeast Michigan. Police said flooded metro Detroit freeways were “littered with abandoned vehicles.” Heavy rain…
Following the devastating floods in Midland County, Michigan, President Donald J. Trump has signed a federal emergency declaration opening the door for federal resources for the affected areas. The National…
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared an emergency for Midland County on 19 May after 2 dams failed. The Edenville and Sanford dams in Midland County were breached after heavy rain…
Days of heavy rain across the Midwest has caused rivers to rise and flash flooding in parts of Illinois and Michigan. National Weather Service (NWS) said Chicago has recorded 8.30…
The North American Great Lakes contain about one-fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. In May, new high water level records were set on Lakes Erie and Superior, and there…
Storms and flooding rains continues to affect parts of southern USA, prompting emergency declarations in parts of Kansas and Mississippi. Further north, flood waters from Lake Erie have left parts…
Record-high lake levels led to devastating flood damage in Great Lakes coastal communities in 2017, but in the two years since, little has changed. Brock University Professor of Biology and…
Heavy rain in the Upper Midwest of the USA caused flash flooding in parts of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin between 16 and 17 June, 2018. In Michigan, numerous roads have…
Crews from the U.S. Geological Survey have been in the field for weeks measuring flooding in the Midwest and in the Mississippi River watershed, and more recently flooding and storm…
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency in several parishes across the state as a result of severe weather and flooding. Louisiana joins the states of…
Flooding and severe weather has affected southern and central USA since 17 February, 2018 when rivers overflowed in parts of West Virginia and Ohio. Further heavy rain last week increased…
Update, 23 February, 2018 The flooding has continued in Midwest and Southern USA and has now affected parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Meanwhile in Michigan, communities along the rising St…
Rainfall from spring-like downpours in the U.S. from February 25 to March 1 were analyzed at NASA using data from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite. Record breaking…
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reports that flooding which impacted the Windsor and Tecumseh areas of Ontario, Canada, at the end of September has resulted in almost $108 million in…
Torrential downpours brought flooding to parts of South East Michigan, in particular the Detroit metro area, and neighbouring parts of Ontario, Canada, with the city of Windsor mostly affected. Around…
The central US is experiencing flooding more often now than it was 50 years ago, new research shows. The study across 14 states finds rivers over much of the region…
