One of Claudia Ortiz's neighbors telephoned her early Monday morning, telling her that the street outside their Detroit homes was filling fast with water. A few hours later, a deluge of water from a broken large water transmission main cascaded through narrow streets and into basements in the tight-knit,

The city says that of the nearly 400 homes in the flood zone, 190 had basements flooded and 174 lost heat. City officials have offered hotel rooms to those affected.