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Rivers spilling their banks

WLUC-TV

NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP, MI--   Melting snow is causing flooding across the Upper Peninsula this week. 

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning until late Tuesday night for the Chocolay River near Harvey, and a flood watch is in effect late Tuesday night into Thursday evening for the Peshekee River near Champion. 

There’s a flood warning in effect until further notice for the Sturgeon River near Chassell and Alston and for the Trap Rock River near Lake Linden through Tuesday night. 

A flood warning remains in effect through Friday morning for the south branch of the Ontonagon River near Ewen, and for the Paint River at Crystal Falls through Wednesday afternoon.

M-28 between Bruce Crossing and Bergland in Ontonagon County remains closed because of high water.  And Greenwood Reservoir Road about 4.3 miles east of County Road 601 in Marquette County is washed out and will be closed until further notice. 

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.