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The “catastrophic" failure of two dams in central Michigan unleashed swirling floodwaters that prompted the evacuation of more than 10,000 people — with some regions bracing for a record high ...
Rainfall is forecast to be 1-3 inches across southeast Michigan, with as much as 4 inches in certain areas. Southeast Michigan urged to prepare for flooding, clear basements as Beryl approaches ...
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The wildlife management area owes its creation to the Reedsburg Dam, which was constructed in 1940 along the Muskegon River to alleviate flooding from Houghton Lake. The resulting reservoir became known as the Dead Stream Flooding (or Dead Stream Swamp) at a fluctuating size of approximately 540 acres (2.19 km 2).
The Muskegon River (/ m ə ˈ s k iː ɡ ən / mə-SKEE-gən) is a 216-mile-long (348 km) [1] river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.From its source at Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, the river flows in a generally southwesterly direction to its mouth at Lake Michigan at the eponymous city of Muskegon.
Detroit Zoo closed as a result of flood damage there. [9] There were 32,000 power outages during the flood event, and flood damage totaled $1.8 billion. [6] [11] In excess of 100,000 homes were damaged across Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties as a result of the flooding. [5]
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The city is in western Muskegon County on the north side of Muskegon Lake, an arm of Lake Michigan. It is bordered to the south, across the lake, by the city of Muskegon, the county seat. The Muskegon River flows into Muskegon Lake in the eastern part of the city. The lake's outlet channel to Lake Michigan is a mile west of the city limits.