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Gov. Snyder surveys Detroit flood damage

Paula C. McNichol sent to WDET

  Governor Rick Snyder says numerous state agencies are helping Detroit and surrounding communities deal with massive floods. He flew back from a trip to the Upper Peninsula to see the flood damage first-hand from a Michigan State Police helicopter.

Many freeways and major roads were closed in Metro Detroit – some sections of roads having been swept away in flood waters. (Our partners at WDET in Detroit have been collecting photos from their listeners. Find mores shots here, including one with a kayak.)

“The good part is we have numerous resources already on site,” Snyder says. “We’ve got three squads of Michigan State Police. We’ve had dive teams actually going down to check vehicles to make sure they’re unoccupied and that there isn’t anyone in danger there.”

Snyder there’s only so much public officials can do to prevent that kind of damage.

“This was simply a record event of rain; the largest amount of rain since sometime in the 1800s coming down in a very short period of time. And the issue is, we just need to work through it,” he says.

According to the National Weather Service, it was the second-largest amount of rain in a single day in Metro Detroit. The record was set in 1925. Snyder says no local officials have asked the state to declare an emergency to provide additional resources.