This represents 22% of all properties in the city. Releasing Preliminary Michigan Flood Maps. Total rainfall through the weekend should easily reach 1 to 3 inches, so we have legitimate flood concerns this weekend for two. Rapidly rising water has overtaken dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan. Flood warnings in Michigan were issued following widespread rainfall of up to 4 inches (10.2 centimeters) since Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Terrain Satellite Forest Service Carto Open Street Map. "We are continuing to work closely with emergency response coordinators and local leaders across the state to. DETROIT (AP) - Heavy rains brought flooding early Thursday, shutting down some freeways in the Detroit area, as waves of thunderstorms made their way across large swaths of the Midwest and left nearly 1 million homes and businesses without power in Michigan. Weekend rain prompts flood concerns in West Michigan 10 months ago. Officials reported flooded roadways, stranded motorists, damaged homes and displaced residents. Deadly flooding from heavy rains and snow melt continued to plague areas from Michigan to the South on Saturday. At 5:30 a.m., the Tittabawassee River had broken the record of 33.9 feet set during a 500-year flood event in 1986. UPDATE, MONDAY, JUNE 28: After assessing the damage from the weekend, Stellantis reports that 25 vehicles were damaged by flooding. Thursday, about 550,000 DTE Energy customers still had no power, the utility said. Roads were submerged in Detroit, Michigan, on June 26, after heavy rainfall brought severe flooding to the city. DETROIT - I-94 in downtown Detroit has reopened after being closed for parts of Friday due to flooding. Streamgage data from the Tittabawassee River at Midland put the waters at 35 feet the day after the. Water overruns the Sanford Dam in Michigan on Tuesday. Those kinds of resources are becoming more and more valuable," said Schirripa.įor the latest road conditions and traffic information, like the Michigan Department of Transportation on Facebook and follow the department on Twitter.Abandoned vehicles litter the freeways of Metro Detroit and thousands of homes are without power after heavy rainfall caused massive flooding. "We're becoming more and more tech-savy as a society and certainly as a traveling culture. MDOT has been testing the program for the past few weeks and say if it get's a good response for the public, they will implement the program state wide. The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) has already implemented the program. "Being able to look 50 miles ahead and get an idea of what you're travel is going to look like is absolutely priceless," said Schirripa. With over 80 plow trucks and 140 plow operators, MDOT hopes this information will help motorists travel more efficiently across the State of Michigan. "Having the locations of our trucks was more about knowing where they were, and when they were there, and being able to build some kind of database about when its best to deploy them," said Nick Schirripa, MDOT Spokesperson. MDOT says they've used GPS tracking in plow trucks for the past few years. On select trucks, cameras will also be available for those who wish to get a first hand look at what conditions are like in front of the vehicle. Information will also be provided when the plow is down or when salt is being spread. Trucks will be seen on the map when a plow moves faster than 10 miles per hour (MPH) within 50 feet of the roadway. The information will be available in MDOT's Southwestern region including Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced on Friday it's adding GPS tracking information from snow plow trucks to it's MI Drive website. WEST MICHIGAN - Snowfall is right around the corner, which means plows may be out and about over the weekend clearing roads and you may be able to track their movement in real time.
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