Bitter cold temperatures and sub-zero wind chills created the perfect storm for water main breaks across metro Detroit Tuesday morning, leaving dozens of homes without water and at least one family dealing with catastrophic flooding.
Watch Peter Maxwell’s video report below:
Grosse Pointe Park family finds 26 inches of water in basement after water main break
The Cline family of Grosse Pointe Park woke up to a nightmare scenario when a water main break on Bedford Street sent 26 inches of water rushing into their basement.
“About 6 o’clock this morning, my husband went down to the basement and found 26 inches of water,” Sherette Cline said.
The flooding was so severe that couches, refrigerators and other belongings were floating in the basement while the sump pump worked overtime to remove the water…