LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Hours of steady, sometimes heavy rain overnight into Saturday morning flooded roads and front yards across the Lansing region on Saturday, turning the first weekend of April into a mess for drivers and prompting river flood warnings that could last into next week.
The National Weather Service reported 1 to 3 inches of rain in parts of the Grand and Kalamazoo river basins since Friday, enough to overwhelm storm drains and low-lying areas in Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties.
By mid-morning, flooding forced the closure of key routes in and around Lansing. Michigan State Police said all southbound lanes near Vermontville Highway in Eaton County were “flooded and impassable,” and urged people to stay off the roads if they didn’t need to travel…