Record Snow, Record Rain, Rising Rivers

Flooding turned serious over the last week across Michigan and Wisconsin. Heavy rain & severe storms arrived on top of spring snowmelt.

A big part of this flood set up traces back to the Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where a very snowy winter left a large amount of water locked in the snowpack.

At the same time, Milwaukee set a new April precipitation record by April 16, surpassing the old record of 7.38 inches from 2013.  

The flood threat is not over yet. The National Weather Service in Marquette said Monday that the threat for river flooding will continue across north-central and eastern Upper Michigan as temperatures warm into the 40s, and its latest flood briefing said minor to moderate flooding is expected over the next seven days, with major flooding possible along parts of the Sturgeon and Muskegon Rivers.

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