Nightside Report July 16, 2021: Family says 4-year-old daughter saved them from fire; Detroit and Grosse Pointe residents hit with more flooding, damage to basements
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July 16, 2021 9:28 pm
‘Smoke pouring out of the walls’: Southgate family says 4-year-old daughter saved them from fire
DETROIT – A Southgate couple said their 4-year-old daughter saved them from a fire by waking them up in the middle of the night.
When they parents woke up they saw smoke and realized the house was on fire. They believe if they were asleep for a few more minutes they may not have survived.
Friday rain triggers more flooding in parts of metro Detroit
People in some areas hit hard by flooding in June are again dealing with the high water as Friday s heavy rain led to more flooding in some areas of metro Detroit.
Posted at 7:22 PM, Jul 16, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-16 23:16:44-04
(WXYZ) â People in some areas hit hard by flooding in June are again dealing with the high water as Friday s heavy rain led to more flooding in some areas of metro Detroit. Among the areas which saw more flooding today are sections of Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, the Grosse Pointes, and Detroit.
Parts of Dearborn Heights left under water from heavy rainfall
By FOX 2 Staff
Severe flooding in Dearborn Heights leaves residents using kayaks to get around
Some residents took to the streets in kayaks just to get around - and to help others.
Some residents took to the streets in kayaks just to get around - and to help others. At one point the heavy rain proved to be too much for an Amazon driver whose van got stuck in the water.
A good Samaritan used his kayak to rescue him. We appreciate you brother, thank you so much, the driver said to the man, with an appreciative fist-bump.
Basements hit with flooding again on Detroit s east side as residents question GLWA pumps
By Randy Wimbley and David Komer online producer
Published
Detroit s east side hit hard again by flooding
Three weeks after the last heavy rain event, east siders in Detroit say their basements have been struck again with flooding.
DETROIT (FOX 2) - Detroit resident Taylor Harrell’s basement drains doubled as fountains on Friday.
A noxious mix of storm and wastewater backed up into her east side home, washing away the few cleanup gains she had made after her basement flooded three weeks ago. I just got my hot water tank, the pilot re-lit after having three different companies come out and try to relight it and finally having hot water again, she said. I ve got my flooring on the stairs torn up and paying to get the basement power washed and sanitized, only to have to do it again.
Major floods hit metro Detroit again
On Friday, just three weeks after record rainfall wreaked havoc on the metro Detroit area, more storms overwhelmed the region’s crumbling infrastructure. The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for Wayne County and neighboring Macomb County due to heavy rains.
One day after President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency for Washtenaw and Wayne counties from the June 23–25 floods, scenes similar to the events of late June emerged on social media. They showed abandoned vehicles sitting in water on the sides of major freeways, stranded drivers awaiting emergency assistance and flooded basements with waist-high water.