A state of emergency has been declared after two dams in Michigan collapsed following days of heavy rainfall.
Dramatic footage has emerged showing water gushing from a lake after a dam burst in Michigan on Tuesday.
The video, captured by Midland pilot Ryan Kaleto, shows the destruction after the Edenville Dam on the Tittabawassee River was breached following days of heavy rainfall.
“Wixom Lake will be gone by tomorrow. So devastating,” Kaleto wrote in the caption of the video posted to Facebook.
Speaking to Newsweek, Kaleto said: “We kept getting alerts about a breach, and I wanted to see how severe it actually was. No one truly understood the severity because no one could see it.”
Residents in Midland County have been told to prepare for a record breaking amount of flooding after the Sanford Dam was also breached.
The National Weather Service warned the Tittabawassee River could reach up to 38 feet on Wednesday, more than four feet higher than the previous record and 10 feet above what is categorized as a major flood.
