Southwest Detroit flooding cleanup underway
A week after a water main break flooded a Southwest Detroit neighborhood, crews have been working to clean up the mess and prepare to make repairs to homes impacted.
As water recedes, flood of work remains after southwest Detroit water main break
By late morning on the day after a water main break flooded southwest Detroit streets, causing evacuations and damage that officials promised to help repair, the river that flowed through was no more. What remained was the work.
2nd, smaller water line break adds to crisis in southwest Detroit, more homes impacted
Crews were working to restore utilities and assess damages after a water main and secondary line break affected many homes in southwest Detroit.
Southwest Detroit homes flooded, families displaced by water main rupture
A 54-inch water main rupture flooded streets and several hundred homes in Southwest Detroit, displacing families and causing significant damage to homes and infrastructure.
Resources, donation drives launched for southwest Detroit residents after water main break
A water main break in southwest Detroit flooded homes, displacing residents. The city and community are now offering shelter, meals and donations.
Southwest Detroit residents frustrated with water main break response
More than 400 homes in Detroit are still suffering the impacts of a water main break that occurred nearly five days ago​, and there is no end in sight.
Detroit asking water main flood victims to sign a waiver. We had 2 lawyers take a look.
In the days after a water main break in southwest Detroit flooded homes and forced residents out on rafts, Jackie Muscat thought something was a little fishy with what she was being asked to sign: a liability waiver that had to be completed if she wanted city-sent contractors to fix her home.
Southwest Detroit water main repairs - first houses getting sanitized
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department gave an update on the state of repairs Friday, five days after the massive water main break.
'Heartbreaking': SW Detroit residents deal with devastation of water main break, flood
It has been five days for residents of Southwest Detroit as officials have given a six week estimate before the entire 400 households impacted can return to normal.
Neighborhood displaced after massive water main break floods Detroit community
The city says that of the nearly 400 homes in the flood zone, 190 had basements flooded and 174 lost heat. City officials have offered hotel rooms to those affected.
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Where things stand in Southwest Detroit water main break 1 week later
The hundreds of homes sitting empty in a Detroit neighborhood will start getting the help they need from all the damage left ...
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Pipe is placed & connected: Here's where things stand after SW Detroit water main break
The Great Lakes Water Authority said crews are continuing to work on the 54-inch water main break that broke in Southwest ...
Volunteers helping Southwest Detroit families impacted by water main break
As the recovery process from Monday's water main break in Southwest Detroit ramps up, volunteers are helping homeowners in ...
Owners of southwest Detroit eateries adding Milwaukee Junction bar to portfolio
Thee owners of southwest Detroit’s Green Dot Stables and Johnny Noodle King are expanding their portfolio, the Kiesling to ...
Streets of Southwest Detroit lined with dead, frozen cars after major flooding
As city crews continue inspecting homes and clearing ice after the major water main break in Southwest Detroit, residents are ...
Water main that broke in Southwest Detroit could take 2 weeks to be replaced
About 12 feet of pipe needs to be replaced in the aftermath of a water main break Monday in southwest Detroit.
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Café y Chisme #3: Gabriela Santiago-Romero tackles climate change, puts community first in southwest Detroit
Detroit Councilmember Gabriela Santiago-Romero is committed to tackling climate change and advancing environmental policy, ...
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Southwest Detroit flooding • Pontiac mom abandoned kids for years • Armed robber shot by donut shop worker
A water main break last week flooded a Southwest Detroit neighborhood, a Pontiac mom has been charged with three counts of child abuse for abandoning her kids in a home full of trash and feces for ...