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Sewage fills the Red Run Drain after a heavy rain on April 2, 2025.
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Sewage overflow raises stink in Oakland, Macomb counties

Pat Batcheller April 24, 2025

A heavy rainstorm on April 2, 2025 filled Macomb County's Red Run Drain with more than one million gallons of...

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A car drives through a puddle left after a downpour of rain in Detroit.
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Detroit Evening Report: Metro Detroiters brace for more heavy rain, flooding

Jerome Vaughn April 2, 2025

Detroiters are bracing themselves for another round of storms on Wednesday night. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple...

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Mike Duggan shakes hands with a resident at a press conference in Southwest Detroit
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Detroit Evening Report: Southwest Detroit flood repair efforts to end soon

Bre'Anna Tinsley March 27, 2025

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced Thursday that over 90 percent of the families displaced by the water main break and...

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Crews continue to work on the water main break in Southwest Detroit.
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The Metro: Repairing the broken water main in Southwest Detroit

Sam Corey, The Metro March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s been two weeks since streets and basements flooded on Beard...

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A flood response team works to drain a street
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Detroit Evening Report: City works to repair flood damage in southwest Detroit

Sascha Raiyn February 18, 2025

Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover the aftermath of a massive water main break, warming centers open around the...

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The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is carried by a joint services body bearer team into U.S. Capitol Rotunda where he will lie in state, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington.
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Detroit Evening Report: Detroit receives nearly $350M for flood recovery; National Day of Mourning for Jimmy Carter + more

Jerome Vaughn January 8, 2025

The city of Detroit has been granted $346 million in Community Development Block Grants for federal disaster recovery. Subscribe to the...

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A car drives through a puddle left after a downpour of rain in Detroit.
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Detroit Evening Report: Officials warn of continued flood risk for metro Detroit area

Jerome Vaughn July 10, 2024

The Great Lakes Water Authority is warning Detroiters to continue watching for possible flooding on Wednesday, as the remains of...

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A Detroit freeway is shown after a severe flooding event in June 2021.
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Created Equal: How ‘ghost streams’ contribute to Detroit flooding

Madison Ganzak July 10, 2024

Over the past decade, the effects of climate change have led to a major increase in flooding events in cities...

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Cleanup efforts after a severe flooding incident in Detroit.
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Detroit Evening Report: FEMA to open Disaster Recovery Center in Detroit for one day only Thursday

Jerome Vaughn April 3, 2024

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration will open a Disaster Recovery Center in northwest...

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Rain gauges like this one can improve data collection.
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Observers track rain data on Detroit’s flood-prone east side

Pat Batcheller March 26, 2024

The National Weather Service has a new cooperative observation station on Detroit’s east side. Volunteers measure rain and snow at...

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The Metro: Detroit expands program to prevent basement flooding

The Metro March 8, 2024

Detroit experienced one of the warmest winters on record. More extreme weather events, caused by climate change, will continue to...

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A flooded sidewalk
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Detroit Evening Report: Jefferson Chalmers to get $11M from FEMA to prevent flooding

Nargis Rahman September 1, 2023

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood is receiving more than $11 million in federal funding...

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