Tracking Metro Detroit road closures amid heavy rains, floodingWe’re tracking road closures caused by heavy rains and flooding in Metro Detroit on Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Flood prevention: Steps to mitigate your home’s flood risk ahead of heavy rainsShowers and storms are heading for Metro Detroit this week, and they are expected to drop several inches of rain across the region through Thursday.
Dearborn Heights residents frustrated with constant flooding“It comes up out of the sewers. It comes out of the cracks in the sidewalk, everywhere and it isn’t regular rain water -- it’s nasty, mucky sewer water.”
Metro Detroit senior living facilities operating without power after stormsOvernight storms caused parts of Metro Detroit to flood Thursday morning, leaving hundreds of thousands of Michiganders without power.
Dearborn Heights residents among those hard-hit in another bout of extreme weather“Yeah. It ruined like everything,” Junior said. “Like every other month it gets ruined. The basements flood.”
Detroit and Grosse Pointe residents hit with more flooding, damage to basementsCommunities, including parts of Detroit’s east side and Grosse Pointe, were hit hard with flooding three weeks ago.
Weekend rain brings severe flooding to Dearborn Heights neighborhoodA street in Dearborn Heights was turned into a river filled with floating garbage cans Friday afternoon.
Inkster residents frustrated after widespread flooding returns“It’s ridiculous and we need to know what the city is planning on doing,” Russell said. “How they going to help us? I can’t keep buying furnaces, hot water tanks, freezers and cleaning up over and over.”
Video: Man rescued from atop submerged vehicle on flooded Lodge Freeway in DetroitMichigan State Police troopers and officers with the Department of Natural Resources rescued a man from the Lodge Freeway after his vehicle was trapped by floodwaters Friday afternoon.
NB Lodge Freeway closed at Jefferson in Detroit due to floodingThe northbound lanes of the Lodge Freeway (M-10) are closed Friday morning in Downtown Detroit due to flooding.
I-94 closed at I-75, I-96, Lodge Freeway in Detroit due to floodingSeveral sections of I-94 are closed Friday in Detroit due to flooding.
Several Metro Detroit roads experience flooding due to Friday rainPooling on roads and freeways became a large problem Friday as rain hit the area.
How to mitigate your home’s flood risk ahead of heavy rainsStorms with threats of heavy rainfall are once again headed for Metro Detroit this weekend, raising concerns about more flooding across the region.
