Overall Green alert Flood for United States
in United States

Event summary

Flood United States can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1100960
Death: 11
Displaced: 80
Countries: United States
From - To 14 Jul - 18 Aug

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Michigan, USA, Late July 2021Severe storms affected parts of Detroit and surrounding areas of Michigan, USA, from 24 July. 135,000 people in Oakland and Macomb counties were left without power. Oakland County Emergency Management received reports of structural damage to homes and businesses, flooding and blocked roads. A Detroit freeway was closed due to flooding and there were numerous reports of flooding in neighbourhoods and side streets, the Michigan State Police said. The National Weather said tornadoes struck near Detroit and near Flint during the evening 24 July.Tue 27 Jul 2021FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),