With the combined volumes of Wixom and Sanford Lakes  surging uncontrolled down the Tittabawassee River, downstream communities including Sanford, Midland, and Saginaw were quickly inundated.

随着威克瑟姆湖和桑福德湖的总水量不受控制地沿着蒂塔巴瓦西河汹涌而下，包括桑福德、米德兰和萨吉诺在内的下游社区很快被淹没。