Emily Gertz
at 10:44 AM Aug 18 2014
Nature // 

Six weeks worth of rain fell on greater Detroit on Monday, much of it during afternoon rush hour. Local drainage systems quickly topped out, and the deluge transformed highways into lakes studded with hundreds of stranded drivers and submerged cars. Flooded roads and highways in greater Detroit began to reopen on Wednesday, two days after the storm, according to The Wall Street Journal, but the cleanup and repair is likely to take months.

Colin Lecher
at 06:15 AM Sep 10 2013
Tech // 

Remember last year when the internet worked itself into a tizzy over a Kickstarter that raised $50,000 for a Robocop statue to be placed in Detroit? The statue is still coming, thank heavens.

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