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Heavy rain and snowmelt are hurtling large chunks of ice into northeastern Michigan homes
Record snowmelt and heavy rain sent floodwaters and ice through Cheboygan County, forcing evacuations and prompting crews to protect stressed dam systems.
- On Sunday, huge blocks of ice buoyed by floodwaters smashed into homes along Michigan's Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula. Spring rain and winter snowmelt created dangerous flooding across Cheboygan County.
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency in Cheboygan and more than 30 other Michigan counties this month. Constant rainfall and winter snowmelt forced river and lake water to overflow, threatening local infrastructure.
- Operations at the Cheboygan Dam stabilized Tuesday after coming within 5.5 inches of overtopping. Patrick Ertel, spokesman for the Natural Resources Incident Management Team, said crews are using marine vessels to break up ice chunks clogging the gates.
- Waterways including the Black River and Sturgeon River overflowed, causing residents to evacuate as homes were swallowed by muddy water. Photographer Christopher Narsesian described the ice blocks as "mini glaciers" that "just run down everything in their path.
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Heavy rain and snowmelt are hurtling large chunks of ice into northeastern Michigan homes
Large chunks of ice have rammed into homes along Michigan's Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall and winter melt have flooded homes and threatened to overflow stressed dam systems.
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