POOLING ON AREA FREEWAYS IT
IS A BIG PROBLEM RIGHT NOW. I-94 AT THE LODGE IS ALREADY
I-94 AT THE LODGE IS ALREADY
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND
YOU SAW HOW MUCH MORE WATER
BRANDON IS FORECASTING.
THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER
CLOSURE ON THE LODGE THAT’S WHERE TIM PAMPLIN IS LIVE
WHERE TIM PAMPLIN IS LIVE
THIS IS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA
IN LISTENS IT AND LOOKS BAD,
TIM?
>> Reporter: YES, RHONDA
IT’S AWFUL HERE UNDER THE T.C.F. CENTER WATER SPEWING
T.C.F. CENTER WATER SPEWING
UP ON THE OF THE GROUND.
AS I PAN OUT YOU WILL SEE
THE ENTIRE FREEWAY UNDER THE
T.C.F. CENTER UNDER FOUR OR FIVE FEET OF WATER.
FIVE FEET OF WATER.
MICHIGAN POLICE COMING OUT
FORCING THE PEOPLE OFF THE
T.C.F. CENTER RIGHT WILL IN
THE DISTANCE.
THIS IS THE ROAD NORTHBOUND
LANES RIGHT HERE COMING OUT OF DOWNTOWN.
OF DOWNTOWN.
LEARNED AND WASHINGTON IF
YOU GET ON THE FREEWAY AT
LEARNED A THREE LANE
HIGHWAY.
THERE AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE
WITH SOMEONE STUCK IT IN DETROIT FIREFIGHTERS WERE
DETROIT FIREFIGHTERS WERE
HAVING TO GET THAT PERSON
OUT.
BUT AGAIN AN ABSOLUTE
DISASTROUS AS BRANDON SAID
MORE RAIN EXPECTED THAT’S
LAST THING WE’RE GOING TO
NEED AROUND HERE. WE’LL BE ON THE STREETS OF
WE’LL BE ON THE STREETS OF
DETROIT MONITORING THIS
UPDATE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
RHONDA BACK TO YOU DOWNTOWN.
>> TIM, THANK YOU.
>>> ANOTHER TROUBLE SPOT WE
ARE SEEING EARLY ON TODAY IS IN DEARBORN AN AREA THAT IS
IN DEARBORN AN AREA THAT IS
STILL TRYING TO RECOVER FROM
LAST MONTH’S MASSIVE
FLOODING.
ROD MELONI JOINS US NOW
THERE NEAR MICHIGAN AVENUE
AND SCHAEFER.
HOW BAD IS IT? >> Reporter: YEAH, IT’S
>> Reporter: YEAH, IT’S
QUITE BAD HERE, ACTUALLY.
LET ME SHOW YOU RHONDA
BEHIND ME.
WE’RE AT GATE 9 HERE AT THE
FORD TRUCK PLANTED.
AS YOU LOOK DOWN THERE’S A
RAILROAD TRUSSLE DOWN THERE THIS WAS ALREADY A
THIS WAS ALREADY A
CONSTRUCTION ZONE BUT THERE
IS WATER UNDER -- UNDERNEATH
THAT RAILROAD TRESLE AND
POLICE WERE DOWN THERE, IN
FACT YOU CAN SEE THEM THE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE DOWN
EMERGENCY AMBULANCE DOWN
THERE BLOCKING THIS
ENTRANCE.
BUT THEY’VE SINCE MOVED UP
THE STREET TO TRY AND
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM EVEN
GETTING CLOSE TO THIS
BECAUSE IT IS AN ISSUE. THIS IS REALLY JUST THE
THIS IS REALLY JUST THE
BEGINNING OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN
OUT HERE THIS MORNING.
IN DETROIT ON MACK BETWEEN
I-75 AND WOODWARD AS SOON AS THE RAINS STARTED THE STREET
THE RAINS STARTED THE STREET
QUICKLY FLOODED AS WELL.
WATER UP OVER THE SIDEWALKS
FILLING THE CATCH BASINS.
ON THE HIGHWAYS IT TURNED
DANGEROUS QUICKLY AS WELL.
THIS IS SOUTHFIELD EXPRESSWAY AT PAUL
EXPRESSWAY AT PAUL
SOUTHBOUND.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY THE
TRAFFIC BACKED UP, THE WATER
MOVED IN QUICKLY.
AND IT LOOKED THE SAME AT THE SOUTHFIELD VILLAGE AND
THE SOUTHFIELD VILLAGE AND
ALSO AT PLYMOUTH LOTS OF
BACKED UP TRAFFIC AND IT’S
BEST TO BE PREPARED FOR
TROUBLE SLOW DOWN. IN DEARBORN AT SCHAEFER AND
IN DEARBORN AT SCHAEFER AND
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT
FLOODED RAILROAD TRUSSLE WE
SHOWED YOU WATER STREAMED OUT OF THE MANHOLE COVERS
OUT OF THE MANHOLE COVERS
AND ONTO M-94 M-DOT TELLING
US THERE’S WATER RESPONDING
AT I-94 AS WELL.
WE JUST DID AN INTERVIEW
WITH DIANE CROSS FROM M-DOT ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE
ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE
ROADWAYS THIS NOON TIME.
>> WELL, AT THE MOMENT WE’RE
HAPPY TO SAY WE HAVE POWER
ON THE ALL OF OUR PUMP
HOUSES SO THOSE ARE ALL
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH
POWER. WHERE WE ARE SEEING FLOODING
WHERE WE ARE SEEING FLOODING
AND PONDING ON THE FREEWAYS
THE LOW LYING AREAS OF THE
FREEWAYS WE BELIEVE THAT THE
RAIN HAS WASHED DEBRIS INTO THOSE DRAINS AND IT ONLY
THOSE DRAINS AND IT ONLY
TAKES ONE PLASTIC BAG WASHED
IN FROM THE TOP SIDE OR
FLOWN FROM SOMEBODY’S CAR OR
WHATEVER TO BLOCK A DRAIN AND KEEP THE WATER FROM
AND KEEP THE WATER FROM
GOING DOWN.
>> Reporter: NOW ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE DID SEE THIS
MORNING IS A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHEN THEY APPROACHED THIS
KIND OF FLOODING ARE GOING
UP THE WRONG SIDE OF THE OFF
RAMPS OR ONRAMPS TO THE
HIGHWAY AND DOING THINGS
THAT CAN RUNNING AGAINST THE
GRAIN.
M-DOT IS SAYING PLEASE DON’T
DO THAT.
ANOTHER THING THEY’RE SAYING
DO NOT GO INTO WATER WHERE
IS DEPTH AS UNA CERTAINABLE.
IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW DEEP A
CERTAINABLE -- YOU DON’T
WANT TO BE DOING THAT.
AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME
THERE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET
THROUGH THAT WATER THEY KNOW
THEY’RE PROBABLY NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE POLICE ALL
OVER IN AREA NOW TRYING TO
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GOING
THROUGH THIS KIND OF WATER.
THAT’S THE SITUATION RHONDA,
OBVIOUSLY WE’LL HAVE MORE
COMING UP AT 4:00, 5:00,