Fog Blog U.S. News Log: Trump Declares Emergency In Mich. Flooding:

RESIDENTS OF MIDLAND MICHIGAN AND SURROUNDING AREA CUT OFF FROM THEIR HOMES AS 2 DAMS BREAK AND TRUMP DECLARES EMERGENCY FOR THE AREA.......Many Central Michigan residents remained cut off from their homes Thursday even as floodwaters receded, with senior citizens among the scores of displaced people staying in shelters after flooding overwhelmed two dams, submerged homes and washed out roads.President Donald Trump, who was in Michigan to visit a Ford production plant, signed an emergency declaration authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief efforts.At Midland High School, 90% of people who slept in the school’s gym were senior citizens, said shelter coordinator Jerry Wasserman. He said extra precautions were in place due to the combination of the guests’ ages and the coronavirus pandemic.“We had to deal with COVID and then deal with their angst of what’s happened to their house and their pets and all this” Wasserman said Thursday.