The record high for flood levels was set on Friday, and again on Saturday, as the river continued to rise through Saturday night / early Sunday morning, finally peaking at 11.69 feet around 1:30am today. This is about a 7" increase over the previous record amount of 10.94 feet, set in 1947. Waters are slowly receding now, but major flood stage is expected through at least Monday morning. MDOT has E Michigan Avenue, King's Highway, and parts of Riverview Drive all closed, along with many local streets. Parts of the city look to have 4 feet or more of water. Photos / video from Saturday -
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Amtrak still running over the E. Michigan Ave. Viaduct -
Fully submerged vehicle near the viaduct -
View towards Mills Street, from E. Michigan Ave -
Near Veteran's Park -
Bike path under E. Michigan Ave. near Veteran's Park -
Here are the observations and predictions for the river levels, as tracked by USGS -
Source:
MLive / USGS
Road Closures due to flooding, as of today (Sunday) -
Source:
Google Maps