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Story Highlights • Multiple roads in Cadillac, including North Boulevard, Sunset Lane and a section of Chestnut Street remain closed because city officials are concerned about water saturation underneath the surface that could cause additional damage from heavy vehicle traffic. • Officials say materials forming the foundation of the roadways could be moved around or displaced, creating structural weaknesses that could develop into surface damage if they’re opened too early. • Roads will be monitored closely in the coming weeks to determine when it’s appropriate to reopen them.

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Temperatures, precipitation increasing • According to data collected by Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments, which is part of a national network of NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments centers, since 1951, the Cadillac region has experienced a 3.5-degree increase in annual temperatures, a 2.7-degree increase in summer temperatures, a 3-degree increase in spring temperatures, a 3.1-degree increase in fall temperatures and a 5.2-degree increase in winter temperatures. • The area also experienced an increase in precipitation, by 12.67% annually, 13.37% in the wintertime, 26.31% in the spring, 4.02% in the summer and 10.37% in the fall.

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CADILLAC — Volunteers donned gloves and rakes Saturday to get Cadillac’s parks ready for summer.

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CADILLAC — Local, state and federal officials were in Cadillac Saturday talking to residents affected by flooding, some of whom still have water in their homes about a month after the levels of Lake Cadillac peaked. 

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Story Highlights • According to Wexford County Emergency Manager Erik King, Wexford County must meet a damage threshold of $1.63 million to be included in a an emergency declaration request by the state. • With $14.5 million in estimated damages so far, King said the county easily meets this threshold.

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CADILLAC — Officials in Wexford County and the city of Cadillac have completed a preliminary assessment of damage to roadways from flooding, along with cost estimates.

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CADILLAC — In the next two weeks, officials from the state of Michigan, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Small Business Administration will be going door to door in 30 counties to talk with homeowners about the damage they sustained in flooding.