Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. As of the afternoon conference, 54 adults, 22 children, and 12 pets had been rescued after the “failure” of the water system, Duggan said.

In the one week since a water main break flooded more than 400 homes in southwest Detroit, many residents are still struggling to figure out what to do next.

He does not have insurance to cover it. Inspectors are looking into whether any reported foundation cracks were caused by the flooding, said Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, or DWSD, public affairs director Bryan Peckinpaugh said. There are just ...