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Climate Costs Imperil Unique, Diverse Detroit Neighborhood

Inside Climate News · By Brian Allnutt, Planet Detroit · last updated
In the so-called Venice of Detroit, “what was made here in the 1800s isn’t working anymore.”

By Brian Allnutt, Planet Detroit

DETROIT — In 2019, Blake Grannum experienced a catastrophic flood in her home in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood. Water overtopped nearby canals and rushed into her basement, destroying a washer and dryer and forcing her and her mother to go to the laundromat during the pandemic. 

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