HASTINGS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Residents around Thornapple Lake southeast of Hastings are watching water swallow up their lawns and move into their houses.
On Thursday, several houses were submerged by a few feet of water following the heavy rain and snow melt from the previous several days.
Locals say that while they expect some spring flooding each year, what they’re seeing now is extensive. There have only been a handful of years when the water has climbed so high.
Barry County received between 3 and 4 inches of rain, almost double the monthly average, in just two days. This is one of the biggest rain events to happen in the December/January/February time frame in West Michigan history.
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