Michigan Flood Relief: Detroit
August 2021 – September 2021
All Hands and Hearts (AHAH) responded to heavy rain that caused widespread flooding in June 2021. We deployed a Disaster Assessment Response Team (DART) and a small group of experienced Team Leaders to assist the affected communities.
Our Work
We worked closely with two other Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD) that had been working in the area. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster and Michigan’s Baptist Convention. We assessed homes that had already been gutted by Nechama so we could amplify both our efforts by following behind and providing Mold Sanitation assistance. This allowed all of us to expand our capacity and see homes through completion.
Disaster Profile
On June 26, 2021 heavy rainfall inundated Wayne and Oakland County in Southeast Michigan. The city of Detroit was one of the most heavily impacted areas seeing as much as 7” of rainfall accumulation within a five-hour period. Comparatively, in 2014 during a similar flood event, Detroit experienced 4”-6” of rainfall in a four-hour period.
The majority of water damage was in basements and was caused by heavy rain during the day of the storm or sewer back-up caused by the flooding. Some homes had already been gutted but the majority of them will still need sanitation done.
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