Flooding Hits Munson/Commons, Closes Streets, Causes Sewage Release
By Beth Milligan | May 29, 2020
A sudden burst of intense rains in Traverse City Thursday caused significant flooding throughout the city – with Munson Medical Center’s lower levels deluged, extensive damage incurred at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, city streets closed, and untreated raw sewage released into the Boardman River after a city pump failed.
More than two inches of rain fell Thursday afternoon, according to the Gaylord office of the U.S. National Weather Service, with additional rain continuing throughout the evening. The office issued a flash-food warning, advising that “excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses, as well as other drainage ...
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