Water rushed through the Hesperia Dam in western Michigan on Wednesday, flooding a nearby embankment and walking trail.Officials said the dam could potentially fail, and the National Weather Service warned water levels on the White River could soon overtop the dam, CNN reported. Video in the player above, which was captured by Scott Kroepel, shows what the scene looked like on Wednesday.Since Monday, parts of west-central Michigan have faced flooding and flash flood watches amid a line of severe storms.Officials urged residents in affected areas to monitor updates from local emergency management. Other flooding in Michigan Severe weather was also causing concerns in other areas of Michigan where dams are located. Cheboygan County officials lifted an earlier evacuation order for residents in the Little Black River watershed Wednesday afternoon, CNN reports.The order was issued due to the breach of two earthen dams and affected hundreds of people, Michigan state Rep. Cam Cavitt told CNN. Some homes in the area have flooded, Cavitt said, but he did not know how many.There are also ongoing concerns about the Cheboygan Lock and Dam, where crews continue to work to prevent its failure. The sheriff’s office has warned residents in the Cheboygan River corridor to prepare for the possibility of evacuation.Water levels behind the dam have been rising for days and had reached 6.84 inches below the top of the dam as of Wednesday afternoon. An evacuation order would be triggered if water reaches 1 inch below the top of the dam, a news release from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources states.In Antrim County, Michigan, officials have also advised all residents and businesses downstream of the Bellaire Dam to prepare for possible evacuation. Water levels had risen to within 12 inches of the top of the dam as of Tuesday afternoon, and an evacuation order would be triggered at an inch below the top, according to a county news release. The water levels “are close to unchanged” as of Wednesday afternoon, Antrim County Emergency Management said in an update on Facebook.____CNN contributed this report
Water rushed through the Hesperia Dam in western Michigan on Wednesday, flooding a nearby embankment and walking trail.
Officials said the dam could potentially fail, and the National Weather Service warned water levels on the White River could soon overtop the dam, CNN reported.
Video in the player above, which was captured by Scott Kroepel, shows what the scene looked like on Wednesday.
Since Monday, parts of west-central Michigan have faced flooding and flash flood watches amid a line of severe storms.
Officials urged residents in affected areas to monitor updates from local emergency management.
Other flooding in Michigan
Severe weather was also causing concerns in other areas of Michigan where dams are located.
Cheboygan County officials lifted an earlier evacuation order for residents in the Little Black River watershed Wednesday afternoon, CNN reports.
The order was issued due to the breach of two earthen dams and affected hundreds of people, Michigan state Rep. Cam Cavitt told CNN. Some homes in the area have flooded, Cavitt said, but he did not know how many.
There are also ongoing concerns about the Cheboygan Lock and Dam, where crews continue to work to prevent its failure. The sheriff’s office has warned residents in the Cheboygan River corridor to prepare for the possibility of evacuation.
Water levels behind the dam have been rising for days and had reached 6.84 inches below the top of the dam as of Wednesday afternoon. An evacuation order would be triggered if water reaches 1 inch below the top of the dam, a news release from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources states.
In Antrim County, Michigan, officials have also advised all residents and businesses downstream of the Bellaire Dam to prepare for possible evacuation. Water levels had risen to within 12 inches of the top of the dam as of Tuesday afternoon, and an evacuation order would be triggered at an inch below the top, according to a county news release. The water levels “are close to unchanged” as of Wednesday afternoon, Antrim County Emergency Management said in an update on Facebook.
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CNN contributed this report
