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Extreme rain on snow is testing aging dams across Michigan and Wisconsin – this is the future in a warming world

  • Written by Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, Professor Emeritus of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
Extreme rain on snow is testing aging dams across Michigan and Wisconsin – this is the future in a warming worldIn the upper Midwest, aging infrastructure, from dams to city drains, was overwhelmed by floodwater in April 2026. Jonathan Aguilar/Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service/CatchLight via Getty Images

Michigan and parts of Wisconsin are in the midst of a historic flooding event in spring 2026. Days of heavy rainfall on top of snow have sent lakes and...

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