The smallest, steepest tributary to the Huron River that is notorious for flooding during average rainfall events is getting a closer look. The Ann Arbor City Council approved dedicating $46,026 for a future contract at its meeting Monday night with Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc. to study how sediment has ...
David Foster estimates about 40,000 gallons of stormwater flooded the basement of his family's home on Ann Arbor's west side the night of March 15.
Ellen and Lowell Fisher say they moved into their house in Ann Arbor's Churchill Downs neighborhood in 1974 and for many years they never had a problem. But since 2000, they've suffered through three major floods — two of them within the last two years — and they blame the ...
Note: This article as been updated to reflect McKinley Inc. attempted to contact each displaced resident. The seven families living in Park Place Apartments and displaced by flooding there during last week's storm can return to their homes in three to four weeks, said Albert Berriz, CEO of McKinley Inc. ...
Ann Arbor officials are inviting residents to a public meeting on Monday night to hear an update on the West Park stormwater project, including what the city is doing to address the failure of the park's newly installed stormwater system. Nearby residents have said for months they aren't happy about ...
Following up on a story that appeared on AnnArbor.com on Sunday regarding the failure of a new stormwater system at West Park, a reader posed a couple of questions via e-mail.
Nearly a year after the expected completion of renovations to Ann Arbor's West Park, city officials are still grappling with the failure of the park's newly installed stormwater system. Nearby residents say they aren't happy about the situation and they suspect recent flooding in their neighborhood may be linked to ...
Soggy weather has delayed by one month the completion of a 1-mile non-motorized pathway on Washtenaw Avenue that will connect the University of Michigan campus to the Arborland shopping center. Anne Warrow, a project manager for the City of Ann Arbor, said she hopes the path will be complete by ...
Joan and George Brown are used to the annual spring flooding around their property on Horseshoe Lake. But with the ground still saturated from normal seasonal flooding, the deluge of rain that hit the area near Whitmore Lake a week ago left the longtime residents with a sense of foreboding. ...
Tom Fuelle and his daughters Annie, 13, and Evi, 20, of Saline, used an umbrella for shade — rather than for protection from rain, which the area has seen plenty of lately — while watching the town's Memorial Day parade this week. After a record-setting rainy spring and a May ...
The Washtenaw County Public Health Department is advising residents with wells to disinfect their water if flooding over the well has occurred. According to a press release from the environmental health division, residents should avoid consuming well water if lake, river, pond or storm water flooded the area around the ...
Here we go again: The National Weather Service is warning of the possibility of strong thunderstorms and even tornadoes this afternoon, and has issued a flood watch through late tonight for Washtenaw County. A tornado watch was issued for all of southeast Michigan at 1:35 p.m. The watch, which means ...
Rain that blitzed Ann Arbor last week blasted manhole covers over stressed storm drains and caused a mudslide over Plymouth Road. Raw sewage flowed onto a street, and drivers got stuck on flooded roadways. The storms were too much for the stressed storm drain system to handle. And Ann Arbor ...
That hot and sunny stuff we've been promised is coming. It really is, the National Weather Service says. But first we have to get through tonight. Light rain will affect the Ann Arbor area off and on through the evening hours, and thunderstorms could bring some heavy rain overnight, the ...
Paul Christensen cast his line deftly into the water. Seconds later, the line went taut and he went to work to reel in his catch. The outcome was never in doubt, but the fish was not giving up without a fight. After a couple of minutes, Christensen showed off his ...
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