Flooding from severe weather closes both directions of I-75 at I-696 in Oakland County Current length of water is under a mile long
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OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – Flooding from Thursday night’s severe weather has closed both directions of I-75 at I-696 in Oakland County.
Severe thunderstorms occurred early Thursday (Aug. 24) morning before they subsided around 11:15 p.m. across Southeast Michigan.
The current length of water is under a mile long, officials said.
Read: Tracking severe weather threats in SE Michigan -- here are all the active weather alerts
More: Whitmer activates Michigan emergency operations center in response to flooding: What that means
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