KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – They say April showers bring May flowers, but in Kalamazoo it also can mean flooding, and it’s expected to rain every day this week, with some heavy weather possible.
Kalamazoo Public Works director James Baker says over 1,000 square miles of southern Michigan drains into the Kalamazoo River, and when it gets too much rain in a short time, there will be flooding in Kalamazoo.
But excess water can also impact neighborhoods around the river, because Kalamazoo sits in a valley. We used to be known as Celery City because swampy land was a good place to grow the crop, and since then, a lot of housing has been built on former celery farms with high water tables…