{
  "id": 2181719,
  "title": "Six years after Michigan dam disaster, water returns to Smallwood Lake",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/six-years-after-michigan-dam-disaster-water-returns-to-smallwood-lake",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T16:35:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-2020-a-catastrophic-michigan-dam-disaster-left-smallwood-lake-drawn-down-six-years-and-a-50-2-million-rebuild-later-water-is-finally-returning-to-721-waterfront-properties/articleshow/133375275.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Smallwood Lake in Michigan has started refilling after work on Smallwood Dam reached substantial completion in July. The refill began on August 4 and is expected to take eight to 10 weeks. Meanwhile, work continues at Secord and Edenville dams, with Secord facing a delay after crews found a problem with a spillway gate.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}