A storm system on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning brought wind, heavy rain, hail, and flooding across West Michigan. Many neighborhoods felt the effects of the storm, including on the northeast side of Grand Rapids.
Drew and Courtney Hall live on Carrier Creek Boulevard near Diamond Avenue, where the rain and hail overwhelmed the storm sewers, causing the road to flood with feet of water.
“I couldn’t believe it,” said Drew. “I felt like in the span of 10 minutes we went from having just an inch or two of water to feet of water. It was just crazy like looking at the cars that are across the street and just tracking, OK, the water’s like 1 inch off their tire ,then 10 minutes later, oh, it’s covering their whole tire in a little bit.”…