Ellen: ANYWAY...
SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN..
.
YOU SENT FROM WORK TV NOW AT
FIVE O'CLOCK A MICHIGAN CITY
UNDERWATER DRONE A IN THE AIR
ABOVE MIDLAND AFTER DAM BREAKS
SENDS WATER SURGING DOWN THE
TERRIBLE WASI RIVER.
WE DO HAVE LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE RIGHT NOW AT FIVE I'M
SUSAN SHOP.
I SU HI EVERYONE I'M BRIAN
STERLING. HERE IS A LOOK AT THE
AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE EDEN BUILD DAM. GAVE WAY
LAST NIGHT SANDFORD DAMN IS
BEING OVERTOPPED RIGHT NOW BUT
IT'S SO FAR HEALTH AND THE
IMAGE IS COMING IN TODAY HAVE
BEEN OVERWHELMING ALL OF THAT
WATER NOW HEADED DOWNSTREAM IT
IS TAKING OUT HOUSES. IT'S
FORCING THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE
MULTIPLE BRIDGES HAVE BEEN
WIPED OUT AND THAT'S MAKING IT
DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT
OF THE WATERS WAY. ALL OF THIS
IS HEADED STILL TOWARD DOWNTOWN
MIDLAND WHERE THE RIVER IS
STILL RISING AND. THAT'S WHERE
WE FIND NEW ZETA LEON HENDRIX
LIVE TONIGHT BRINGING US
STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOD ZONE LEON.
BRIAN GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU
TO DESCRIBE WHAT WE'VE SEEN
TODAY IN ONE WORD IT WOULD BE
WOW IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE HOW
HIGH THIS WATER HAS COME. TAKE
A LOOK A CZ. WE LOOK OUT AT
WHAT WOULD ORDINARILY BE DRY
SPACE. WE'RE SEEING TREETOPS
WHERE.
THE WATER IS ALMOST COVERING
THE TREE ENTIRELY IN THE
BACKGROUND THERE YOU SEE A
SUBSTATION THERE THAT'S GOT
WATER COMING UP INTO ITS POWER
IS KNOCKED OUT IN THE AREA NOW.
LET ME SHOW YOU DOWNSTREAM
FROM WHERE WE ARE YOU SEE
GENERATORS FUNCTIONING WHAT
THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING IS
TRYING TO PUMP WATER OUT FROM
THE COURTHOUSE STEPS. IT'S A
TOTAL MESS HERE AND THE WATER
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING
FOR HOURS. YET TONIGHT IT IS A
DISASTER BEST SHOWN FROM THE
SKIES HIGH ABOVE DOWNTOWN
MIDLAND PARTS OF THE CITY
UNDERWATER THE AREA HIT HARD BY
RAINS SO MUCH SO THAT DAMNS
MEANT TO SLOW THE FLOW OF WATER
FAILED. IT IS LIKE NOTHING THE
AREA HAS EVER SEEN. AH FLOOD
THE EXPORTS SAY HAPPENS ONCE IN
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS.
IS DEVASTATING TO SAVE
NEVERLAND UNDERWATER LIKE THIS.
WHILE THE IMAGES FROM THE
SKIES PAINT THE PICTURE IT'S
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND
THAT TELLS THE STORY. GABBY
PARTLOW LIVES IN GRAND RAPIDS
BUT IS NOW BACK HOME IN MIDLAND
TTO HELP HER IN LAWS IN.
THEIR HOUSE. IT'S ALL THE
WAY UP THROUGH TO THEIR HALF
THEIR MAIN LEVEL WAS ALL
UNDERWATER.
THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN
EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES
SHELTERS SET UP IN A MATTER OF
HOURS SO MANY DONATIONS AT
MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL THAT THIS
CENTER ISN'T TAKING ANY MORE
FOOD HELP IS HERE BUT NOW THOSE
IMPACTED ARE LEFT TO WONDER
WHAT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND WHEN
THE FLOOD WATERS RECEDE USUALLY
GET SOME BLOODY NEVER HERE BUT
NOTHING YOU'RE LEAVING LIKE
THIS.
THE WATERS ARE EXPECTED.
TO RISE UNTIL IT LEAST EIGHT
O'CLOCK THIS EVENING THE GOOD
NEWS IS WE DON'T HAVE RAINFALL.
GOT SUNSHINE HERE IN MIDLAND.
THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH WORSE
CAN THIS GET ONE OF THE BIG
CONCERNS IS ABOUT ONE OF THE
DAMS THAT THEY'RE WATCHING VERY
CLOSELY OR TRYING TO HIS BEST
THEY CAN ONE OF THE MAJOR DAMS
HAS WATER COMING OVER THE TOP
OF SO MUCH SO THAT THEY CAN
ASSESS WHAT IS HAPPENING
BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE
WATER. IF THAT DAM GIVES WAY
THIS COULD ACTUALLY GET WORSE
