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Governor orders probe of failed dams that caused flooding

by Associated Press
| May 27, 2020 12:27 PM

West Bloomfield, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday demanded an investigation to determine what caused two dams in central Michigan to fail, leading to devastating floods in several communities and forcing about 11,000 people to evacuate their homes.

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