Michigan dam failure creates further misery for residents under stay-at-home orders

How do you shelter in place when your shelter floods out? That was the dilemma many residents of Midland, Michigan, and the surrounding area of Midland County faced when two dams failed May 18.

The 96-year-old Edenville Dam was breached by rising water from heavy rains, emptying most of the contents of Wixom Lake into the Tittabawassee River and nearby lakes. The Sanford Dam, well downriver, failed as well. Thousands of residents who lived near the river and lakes faced quickly rising waters.