Flint’s iconic Weather Ball has been glowing over the city since 1956. While dozens once dotted skylines across the country, only 9 weather balls or beacons are left.
High winds triggered a seiche on Lake Erie, dropping water levels in Michigan and exposing lakebed treasures from decades ago as waves gradually settle.
A rare classification of warning from the National Weather Service, the PDS or Particularly Dangerous Situation, is a weather alert many are unfamiliar with.
It's estimated at least 250 people died in Michigan's most extreme weather event, a massive storm on the Great Lakes known as "The Great Storm of 1913" or "The White Hurricane".