Michigan flood displaces thousands, threatens chemical plant

Floodwaters have overtaken dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people from communities in central Michigan. (May 20, 2020)

[@TyanaAlexandra]

A resident called this a ‘natural disaster’ no sir. I’m afraid this one is man made.

[@tuckerandfriends]

This is so sad, I'm sorry for all the people affected by this flooding!

[@johnhessom1513]

You haven't seen nothing yet its storm season

[@samuelfloyd5072]

It’s not historic flooding it’s a dam failure. If it’s flooding then no insurance will pay if it’s a dam failure then it someone’s fault. If it’s a company owned dam why was it not maintained. If it was regulations that made the dam owner’s shut down why couldn’t the government maintain the dam that was not productive for a company.

[@harveybeekerthegreysquirre8262]

The money wanted to stay Dry in the Pockets of the Crooked Politicians.

[@tinagossett70]

Think laser beams from above.....yep that will do it!

[@johnrhardin6460]

They can’t even repair their roads in Michigan

[@dcraexon]

It’s sad that government feels the need and greed to take advantage of those citizens like that , The masks are ineffective for viruses and affect peoples mood. The Spanish flu 100 years ago was a plan Demic also the vaccination is what killed millions and those Snake oil salesman it’s all in your local library or online. those who don’t study history tends to repeat it and there is spiritual wickedness in high places let no man deceive you. tell lie vision. Psych Op ,fourth generation warfare , crimes against humanity. 😎

[@nguyenthiauco3505]

Please impeach the governor.

[@upnorth6070]

I agree!

[@upnorth6070]

@Ahmir Ahmir She is an idiot and needs to step down.

[@zabifaqiri4192]

I guess u werent in US to know the facts ...plz keep ur 2 cents to urself

[@jon420]

Take care of business in your own state

[@doncrist2012]

A reminder to never buy or build in a low lying area near any source of water

[@harrylarry4672]

Yeah I live in florida good luck with that

[@maatdei8127]

Ancient mud floods talked about this a few years ago 😳🤯 I hope that all the people are safe and recovers from this.

[@sandranavarrette3031]

ME TOO I HAVE FAMILY 👪 WHO LIVES THERE AND MY EXTENDED FAMILY 👪 TOO.

[@thisisger]

looks like that city got some big mouth bass in there

[@jaroninnis7588]

Thank you woodTV8... This is excellent coverage of such a catastrophic event... "no more donations" - made possible by the overwhelmingly beautiful people of my wonderful state, Michigan

[@jeffmcneal8659]

I wouldn't be out floating around in a metal boat.

[@comfortablynumb5582]

Whose idea was it to approve a chemical plant in a flood zone

[@edm1207]

Dam talk about watching a whole lake move downtown😱😬

[@victoriaschon1155]

Reporting Leon Hendricks: you're awesome! Thanks for reporting.

[@TheDFM007]

My father used to tell me "I don't care if the house is gorgeous, it's in a low area, you want a house with good run-off and elevation" He also hated "cruise ships, turkey bacon, and 4cylinder front wheel drive vehicles."

[@michaelflemming7851]

🤣🤣🤣

[@coffeeenema6958]

I Like Your Dad

[@anafuentes6940]

My heart goes out to all who are effected by this flood may God bless each and everyone of you 🙏😢

[@sallydorsey1851]

I am so sorry

[@doverbeachcomber]

At 2:14, those are telephone and possibly CTV cables, not “electrical wires.” You can tell both by their position on the poles and the splice cases visible near their attachment points. Both use only low voltage and pose no electrocution risk. Power lines, on the other hand, are always at or very near the tops of poles, for reasons made obvious by this sad footage.

[@suzycat2026]

Prayers for all the people & the animals affected by this tragic disaster 🙏🏻❤🐱♏☯️🌌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Boblobblaw88]

Him -"Thats the Tittabawasee" Her: "Oh---that's the river that flooded?" "Ummmmm.....yeah.....we're in a boat in the floodwater ma'am" Is this their brightest reporter?

[@eustatic3832]

What was the maintenance plan on the dam? Had it been maintained? Had it been inspected?

[@user-fg8ux8zo6w]

Maintenance plan? Inspection? THAT SOUNDS LIKE COMMUNISM

[@Nancy-sr5se]

Leon. Great reporting

[@deborahaichele8829]

Sorry folks. Prayers your way.

[@nikkic83]

Shouldn’t alter the natural flow of life. Disaster will always be the end result.

[@TyanaAlexandra]

The phrase ‘stay home’ so many have taken for granted 🥺

[@williamswenson5315]

Well, gee golly. She's in a boat. I would have sworn it was a convertible.

[@kerrysmith1899]

I don't have a television, so I only see these types of news reports when I watch them on youtube. I inanity of it is astounding. On site reporters, nod their head and then start talking in a well rehearsed any story monologue. It's all the same, for every story.

[@beastmodejelly8654]

👌

[@judsonmeraw6294]

Is this inevitable with all US dams?

[@NikonChicFL]

This is insane! 🤯

[@blaker007705]

Every dam has a life span...they need regular maintenance and inspections. My heart goes out to the communities and the people affected by this tragity

[@thatoneguy611]

The issue wasn’t the dam’s age, it was the spillways not having enough capacity, allowing for the water levels to rise too high and push down the dam.

[@rainyrrrr4183]

Prayers for Michigan 🙏

[@malissawells1541]

May God bless u residents of Midland Mi

[@julioericvazquez335]

Houston with you . We feel your pain!!!

[@HeyItsJonny]

"right now we are headed south on Main street" I'm so sorry for laughing. It's crazy because I used to deliver the mail to the Sanford and edenville post offices.

[@alansmlth7989]

......AND THEY WERE IN MIDLAND TAKING A SHORT CUT TO MOUNT PLEASANT!

[@synnacastroman3813]

The lady was so sweet, she’s like you just go with the flow.

[@Keerahmendes]

you live in michigan??

[@georgeperez2539]

End of times only room for the rich but glory has yet to come that is God

[@debwoods5834]

Amen George 🙏

[@shirleyhughes1455]

@@debwoods5834 AMEN!!

[@makeamericagreatzz3997]

GOV Nitwhit should be put in prison for this. Way to vote Michigan. There's consequences for the way you vote.

[@chunkymunkey9182]

There are always consequences for the way anyone votes, just a matter of picking the lesser of two evils.

[@tedburg6042]

Only one thing is certain in this country. The rich folk who own, did not maintain, and blatantly ignored all warnings about this dam for the last 15 years will remain rich. I wouldn't be surprised if they turn a profit

[@showmercytoothers4059]

They will make it into a profit

[@boburemperor7941]

They guy looks really optimistic!

[@Keerahmendes]

you live in michigan??

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

This is terrible for those people. Hope the ones who Are at fault sleep well.

[@MalayTMP]

Foxie Dog that’s Mother Nature no one can beat 😭god’s bless Michigan 🙏🙏🙏

[@johncole7858]

Stop blaming on god he is not behind this but the people who control you did it

[@nobleeightfoldpath8633]

It's easy to blame God instead of looking in the mirror. 👍

[@xxxx2935]

.... the book of psalms chapter 94 verse 8 verse 9 first 10 verse 11......UNDERSTAND , YE BRUTISH AMONG THE PEOPLE: AND YE FOOLS , WHEN WILL YE BE WISE ? ... HE THAT PLANTED THE EAR , SHALL HE NOT HEAR ? HE THAT FORMED THE EYE , SHELL HE NOT SEE ? ... HE THAT CHASTISETH THE HEATHEN , SHALL NOT HE CORRECT ? HE THAT TEACHETH MAN KNOWLEDGE , SHALL NOT HE KNOW ? THE LORD KNOWETH THE THOUGHTS OF MAN , THAT THEY ARE VANITY..... the book of amos chapter 3 verse 6...... SHALL A TRUMPET BE BLOWN IN THE CITY , AND THE PEOPLE NOT BE AFRAID ? SHALL THERE BE EVIL IN A CITY , AND THE LORD HATH NOT DONE IT ? ..... the book of isaiah chapter 45 verse 7..... I FORM THE LIGHT , AND CREATE DARKNESS : I MAKE PEACE , AND CREATE EVIL : I THE LORD DO ALL THESE THINGS..... the book of jeremiah chapter 10 verse 23...... O LORD , I KNOW THAT THE WAY OF MAN IS NOT IN HIMSELF : IT IS NOT IN MAN THAT WALKETH TO DIRECT HIS STEPS..... the book of proverbs chapter 20 verse 24...... MAN'S GOINGS ARE OF THE LORD , HOW CAN A MAN THEN UNDERSTAND HIS OWN WAY ? The book of job chapter 12 verse 15 verse 16 verse 17...... BEHOLD , HE WITHHOLDETH THE WATERS , AND THEY DRY UP: ALSO HE SENDETH THEM OUT , AND THEY OVERTURN THE EARTH..... WITH HIM IS STRENGTH AND WISDOM : ( THE DECEIVED AND THE DECEIVER ARE HIS ).... HE LEADETH COUNSELLORS AWAY SPOILED , AND MAKETH THE JUDGES FOOLS..... the book of ecclesiasticus chapter 3 verse 24........ FOR MANY ARE DECEIVED BY THEIR OWN VAIN OPINION ; AND AN EVIL SUSPICION HATH OVERTHROWN THEIR JUDGMENT....... the book of revelations chapter 21 verse 8...... BUT THE FEARFUL , AND UNBELIEVING , AND THE ABOMINABLE , AND MURDERERS , AND WHOREMONGERS , AND SORCERERS, AND IDOLATERS, AND ALL LIARS, SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE : WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH..... ALL PRAISES YAHAWAH BAHASHAM YAHAWASHI....... thank you for your time........

[@jmartin4204]

God is ALWAYS with a capital G and when referring to God he is written with a capital H

[@farcebook1836]

Yikes, dude.

[@chuckychuck]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@showmercytoothers4059]

Did it fail?

[@beastmodejelly8654]

Water:This land is mine!!! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🏞

[@andecap1325]

Darn those damns...

[@neilhowes4215]

GOD BLESS THE PEOPLE INVOLVED! MY FAMILY WILL PRAY THAT THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD IS WITH YOU ALL!!!

[@shirleyhughes1455]

AMEN! I , too am praying.

[@bilb.o]

That M20 bridge, highlighted at the end, was just redone in the past year, so I'd hope it's structurely safe...

[@davejordan1458]

Nature is reclaiming territories. Let nature do what it does naturally. Work with nature, not against it, and things like this wouldn't happen.

[@DanielPerez-ee3wp]

People can't go back there ever again?

[@elianayisrael82]

Hope that water isn’t full of lead.

[@edwardcolunga5212]

A brand new realization hits for the ones who think that there were all that and a bag of chips now they're homeless I wonder what they think now makes me kind of wonder it kind of humble you

[@H20cooler]

That reporter, Jacqueline Francis, is really good. Mark my words, she’s going to be on a national news show before you know it.

[@bobjohnson3917]

Why are we always told that dams are for flood control, but the way they are managed creates more flooding? Why are most dams filled up with water and then they maintain the basins behind the dams at a mostly full level? Maintaining mostly full basins provides almost zero holding capacity during large rain events. Why wouldn't it be more beneficial to maintain basins at very low levels, so that during large rain events, the basins would need to fill up before any flooding would occur? If basins are already full to begin with, wouldn't almost all of the water from the large rain event be all flood water? All the dams within a watershed could be maintained at a mostly wide open state with low water levels, and then after a large rain event, all the dams along the river could partially close, so each are slowly filling up their basins all at once, with some filling up faster, but all raising their levels together controlling the flow. Then increase the closing of the dams as needed to hold back more water. This would provide an enormous amount of holding capacity compared to the current so called management plans of today.

[@davedavedave52]

The utility operating those dams could not afford to maintain them. So they lowered the water level to a safe height. but SOMEONE at the STATE told them to raise it because of some endangered fresh water muscle. It was Attorney General Dana Nessel

[@karenwilliams6662]

what about animals????

[@gelomendoza2543]

That area seems hopeless to recover.

[@Keerahmendes]

you live in michigan??

[@petertsai6899]

Oh my god!

[@Bluebaby422]

Everyone has a lake house now

[@moiznicees]

Where all the people at

[@conspiracyphreakphreaka6082]

so, with out the damns the water would be this high normally? seems kind dumb to build in any of those areas and never expect disaster?

[@boobear6256]

Please people go to higher ground where its safe,dont go back untill its safe

[@badactor3440]

ya think?

[@tessdizon8563]

Hello 👋 guys in times like this we must pray get it all into our knees pray praise and in all things always give thanks 🙏 to God

[@hankwm.hatcher9603]

You got a loose screw rattling around. Yea, religion.

[@bergz77]

THESE DISASTERS IS A OPEN INVITATION TO DEVELOP NEW WAYS TO RENOVATE CITIES AFTER THESE DISASTERS THEY ALWAYS REBUILD THE SAME WAY, I NEVER UNDERSTAND THAT

[@cjamonwilliams]

Where is @post10 when you need him!

[@blessfyah745]

Let's all get back to help people facing real disasters

[@robertpsotka3525]

they keep saying 500 year flood, there would be no flood if there weren't any dams

[@loveskey]

Just like in the movie Evans Almighty

[@njs123forusa]

Prayers and thoughts going out for the people of Michigan that are being inundated by the rain leading to overwhelming flooding and dams breaking.

[@hankwm.hatcher9603]

Dams aren't supposed to collapse. Somebody was asleep in the wheelhouse. Can you say Witmer?

[@ezgoin4132]

Why so many dams? What happens when we redesign this land. As everything else man does, reconstruct, redesign, or redefine, cosequences.

[@verafritz9281]

Don't take care of your dam?cost to much to maintain? Well you get what you deserve

[@hillaryclinton2415]

wait, no masks? arrest them.

[@jmartin4204]

Naturally when in a flood , usually a boat or a dinghy is the usual mode of transport to get around . Doubt you will be going around in a vehicle , unless a VW Beetle . This is a very terrible flood what happened in Michigan .

[@eddavisonjr8646]

WILL WHITMER BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES..?

[@johnprudencio8226]

SOMEONE IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DOING PMS ON THE DAM ITSELF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FIRED THOSE OLD PEOPLE THEY JUST SAT DOWN AND NEVER INSPECTED THE STATUS OF THE DAM SOMEONE IN A HOT SEAT!!

[@joespappa]

Looks like Houston everytime it rains.

[@Keerahmendes]

you live in michigan??

[@Porter5habazz]

Wow 😔🙏🏿

[@felisacortez2951]

Hope for the best go with the flow Bless them lord have mercy upon them. Then to cope with the coronavirus too. In Jesus’s name I Pray that you see all thru thank to those who are stepping out to help n donate n May he grant them comfort good health n strength n courage to move forward. In Jesus’s Christ name we pray amen. This is a eye opener we all going tru something yet when you see n hear about this situation thank the lord for what you have as we see here they lost a lot n now have to find another place n belongings as well.......

[@kenciolek843]

Go dig in the history picture books , there's bad floods in the 1800 covering downtown Saginaw . 500 year flood is stretching truth it seems. Plus they didn't have hydroelectric dams back then

[@badactor3440]

If you think this is bad, just wait for the imminent magnitude 7.5 temblor coming to southern California later this year.

[@ljy82]

with smartphone technology today...watching clips on KZbin and other online media...helps everyone to at lease learn from other countries disasters that people will just pick up and get back on their feet. Now days I think people well hopefully learn not to attach themselves to material things too much....only because life is so fragile and the main thing out of all this we will weather any storm and pandemic and continue to survive. God Bless.

[@marjoriekarrick6721]

The town is Practicing social distancing, that should make the governor happy

[@alexanderthegreatahmadalto2867]

General Salam God bless his Sol was there working in tank factory

[@oldi184]

It was wrath of God. Michigan state was punished for his wickedness.

[@venkatbabu186]

Dams are good for flooding. Too many houses that's why.

[@Keerahmendes]

you live in michigan??

[@kolloduke3341]

IN an ideal world these chemical plants would have flood defences in place to deal with a flood this size ! , and if they dont then they shouldnt be there !!How many times have we heard of simular situations and its ended in pollution problems ..

[@bennytherollinstoner1932]

They lost alot of morels that very sad😯😔

[@tinagossett70]

Sad this reporter says “the rain”, again he says it was the RAIN!! NO IT WASN’T! He knows how 3, can I say that again??!! THREE DAMS IN ONE STATE BREACH!!!?? Nah, no coincidence there! Seems like this last one was at night, were the other 2 at night? That would be a good time to put a laser beam on a dam and make a hole and no one see it, yah think? Hit the thumbs up if you think so.. And pray Psalms 89 for protection. Praying for you people in Michigan.

[@eddievaldi6651]

Scripture took the east coast instead of the west

[@nobleeightfoldpath8633]

KARMA is due for America. The Earth is healing herself.

[@margaretjones2055]

where has everyone gone for shelter who is feeding 5hem what emergency services are there or where. yes floods are extreme. I want tinges fron the folks that had to seek shelter somewhere

[@harrylarry4672]

No one is wearing face masks?

[@wanzaitoonwanmohamad835]

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[@melvinbrown735]

Blaming the devil

[@chunkymunkey9182]

Nah, the devil didnt do it. He only punishes bad people. Devil doesn't cause bad things to happen to people.

[@melvinbrown735]

@@chunkymunkey9182 I say things different meaning the samethang you say Get It 👍

[@garrisonjones9340]

I think they call this "The last days" Jesus is coming and he's not pleased!

[@chunkymunkey9182]

Not yet. I have no mark on my forehead.

[@firebird68cougar69]

It's about time.. y is he takin so long?

[@janetduncan87]

Whoever controls the weather controls the world.. LBJ..

[@SuperDeut4]

Now move them all into cities into stack-n-packs. That is after all why "they" do these wicked things to the world.

[@georgehillsdale2429]

Who is "they"? What are stack n packs? Who is doing what to the world?

[@fracchi43]

Should’ve added more dirt to the dam. The dams should’ve been replaced decades ago. The government has known that but, corona virus.

[@antoniochristian8890]

River saying Michigan don't vote for Trump or else

[@zabifaqiri4192]

The greatest president of US .... will downplay this matter . Perhaps blame it on governor GW

[@hankwm.hatcher9603]

How do you destroy? You ignore. Witmer's reasoning.

[@azariahtedford1811]

Dame Dame Dame

[@nuwagabamozes4433]

God is above of all. God is paying

[@kenlimon2596]

You should be grateful for gretchun!

[@lemonslisterine1862]

Chocolate milk.