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Four Die As Michigan Floodwaters Surge Across State
Torrential rains trigger dam failures and widespread evacuations across lower Michigan. Dams at Childsdale Rainbow Lake and Hart collapsed, flooding Belmont Maple Valley and Pentwater areas. At least four deaths, 20 injuries, and millions in damage reported. power outages affected over 60,000. Shelters opened in Muir and Hubbardston as rivers rose and routes were washed out.
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Pentwater
Mich
Lower
Michigan
Childsdale
Rockford
Kent County
Rogue River
Belmont
Clifford Atwood
Rainbow Lake
Gratiot County
Maple River
Maple Valley
Clinton County
Matherton
Lyons and
Muir
Ionia
Sheriff's
Judy Batchelder
Hubbardston
Dan Tarnowski
Saginaw
Muskegon
White River
National Weather Service
White Cloud
Newago County
Brian Kolk
Ithaca
Lansing
Lorena Patterson
Gratiot
Lake Huron
Spring Creek
Huron County
Ron Roberts
Stanton
Otsego
Hart
Hart Lake
Hart Dam
Lowell Rinker
Oceana County Civil Defense
John Merten