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Gov. Blanchard declared the flooding to be the worst in state history. 2. The November gubernatorial election in which James Blanchard won re-election with 68% of the vote. Republican William Lucas, the first African-American candidate for the office, received 31% of the vote. The margin was the largest landslide in Michigan in six decades. 3.
7.1 Michigan flood – April/May 1960. 7.2 New Hampshire flood ... A total of six people perished during the flood. Damage totaled US$500 million (1986 dollars), and ...
The next day, water levels were predicted to reach 38 feet: four feet higher than the flood of 1986. [11] National Guard units and a FEMA team were brought in to assist. The Tridge is a three-way footbridge at the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Chippewa rivers
A lawsuit that accuses the state of Michigan of failing to regulate and enforce safety regulations on a dam that failed, causing an estimated $200 million in damages and destroying 2,500 ...
The dam was threatened by rainfall during the flood of September 1986. The Croton and Hardy nearly failed during the peak of the flood, caused by a storm that dumped 14 inches (36 cm) of rain on West Michigan in 48 hours.
The most notable flooding occurred in 1986, 1997, 2017, and 2023. [12] The 1997 storm was the largest recorded event on the Cosumnes River, with peak flow of 97,000 cubic feet per second at the Michigan Bar stream gauge [13] estimated to be close to a 200-year event. Many Cosumnes levees breached during this storm.
Four Lakes Task Force wants to use eminent domain to gain ownership of four Midland-area dams — including the Edenville and Sanford dams that failed in the May 19 storms, sending water raging ...
Flooding along the river has three causes: heavy rains, ice dams developing during spring break-up, and on-shore winds pushing Lake Erie waters upstream. The worst flood was recorded on March 16, 1982, at 15,300 cu ft/s (430 m 3 /s), compared to an average mean flow of 741 cu ft/s (21.0 m 3 /s). Flooding affects mostly the lowest portions of ...