Storms bring heavy rainfall, flooding streets and buildings in metro Detroit

Multiple communities across metro Detroit dealt with rising waters as flash flooding warnings were issued for Oakland and Macomb counties Wednesday.

Watch Demetrios Sanders’ video report:

Water receding after heavy rain that caused flooding in metro Detroit

In Oakland Township at the intersection of Orion and Collins roads near the former Paint Creek Cider Mill, heavy rainfall turned much of the area into what looked like a small lake. Water covered the intersection making it impassable for cars.

Since then, much of the water subsided.

Oakland County sheriff’s deputies closed Orion and Collins roads to traffic as they waited for the water to subside. People planning to travel through that area were encouraged to take an alternate route…

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