PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Recent rainfall has pushed local waterways to flood level.
Flood warnings have been issued around West Michigan, including for parts of the Grand River in Kent an Ottawa counties, as well as the Thornapple River near Caledonia.
While Kent County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Management said flooding was not widespread, water was over the street along Abrigador Trail off West River Drive in Comstock Park as of Monday. That area frequently floods in the spring because it sits so closer to the Grand River.
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NOAA recorded the Grand River at 13.6 feet in Comstock Park as of around noon Monday; minor flood stage in the area is 12 feet. The river was expected to reach nearly 15.4 feet, in the moderate flood stage, by around 2 a.m. Wednesday.
The sheriff’s office added that flow is high for dams along the Thornapple River…