Two dam failures near Edenville, Michigan, sent a torrent of water rushing down the Tittabawassee River, flooding homes, schools, businesses and a university stadium. These satellite images show the extent of the flooding.
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Satellite images show swaths of Midland County are now underwater.On the left side of an image from Maxar Technologies, dark brown waters from the overflowing Chippewa River have swamped houses. The nearby Currie Golf Course is also flooded.Just northwest of the golf course, Windover High School, the surrounding homes and the playground are underwater.
Northwood University -- bottom left corner -- and MidMichigan Medical Center -- top right corner -- had parts of their campuses underwater, as seen in the Planet Labs, Inc. satellite image below. The Valley Park subdivision and Village West Apartments, on either side of Sturgeon Creek, also appear to be underwater.
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