BAY CITY, MI - Residents in Bay County are being asked to share information about flood damage to their homes after a spring storm pounded the area with high winds and heavy rain.
Bay County collaborated with the Michigan State Police to launch a digital damage assessment survey on Tuesday, May 19. The survey asks residents information about what kind of property damage they’ve experienced and where their property is located while also inquiring about other factors such as flood insurance status and property types.
Click here to take the damage assessment survey.
Emergency Management Coordinator for Bay County Ryan Manz said that the survey is important as Bay County begins working to determine how impacted community members were, especially as people start cleaning up their homes when the floodwaters recede.
“We need to know exactly how many people were impacted and at what level they were impacted,” he said.
Manz explained that the survey will help authorities map out where damage occurred and at what level.
“This helps us inform the state as to what level of response from them we need,” he said.
Manz said that so far no 911 calls for assistance have been made in Bay County. However, he remarked about the nature of Bay County residents as a possible factor.
“We’re pretty hardy folks here in Bay County so we tend to take care of ourselves as much as we can,” he said.
Meanwhile, Bay County Executive Jim Barcia said that a coordinated response effort has already begun with the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division and the American Red Cross to start addressing the needs of the community.
“This response will be challenging while still dealing with the impact of COVID-19 but we are resilient and we will make it through this together," he said.
Road closures
The Bay County Road Commission released a statement that warned drivers that numerous roads are underwater due to the storm. Manz said that approximately 40 road closure reports came in for Bay County Monday night and Tuesday morning.
The Bay County Road Commission also released an interactive map on Tuesday that shows locations where roads are covered with water plus locations where the roadway has been reopened to traffic.
The Bay County Road Commission is currently reporting that roads such as Linwood Road between 11 Mile and Carter is closed and Anderson Road between Flajole Road and Waldo Road into Midland County are closed.
M-13 is also closed from the connector at US-23 south down to Pinconning as well as East Townline between M-13 and Mackinaw.
John F. Kennedy Drive was closed in Bay City between the Bay County Community Center and Liberty Harbor Marina Tuesday morning, with the Veterans Memorial Park boat launch flooded out.
Westside Saginaw Road, or M-84, between Delta Road and Three Mile was closed Monday night due to flooding but Manz reported that the roadway is now back open to traffic.
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