Detroit officials are vowing to cover all uninsured repairs to homes in a southwest Detroit neighborhood after a massive water main broke early Monday and caused such severe flooding that residents had to be rescued by boats, on the shoulders of firefighters and, in one instance, the scoop on a front-end loader.

A water main break has flooded at least a square mile of Southwest Detroit, leading to a mess both on streets and in homes.

Though the Great Lakes Water Authority has isolated a water main break that caused a Southwest Detroit neighborhood to flood, they are still working to determine the cause.