STATE OF EMERGENCY

When the rains became too much for the region’s pumps and sewer system to handle, there were swamped roads, factory shutdowns and widespread basement flooding

DAN JANISSE A car chugs through a flooded section of Lesperance Road near Riverside Drive on Thursday. Heavy rains caused flooding in much of the area as Windsor and Tecumseh declared a state of emergency. “The fact of the matter is we have more water here than we...