Update: Flood warning affecting Branch County until early Thursday morning due to persistent rainfall

Power back on for most of Branch County

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- Consumers Energy crews made significant progress in getting power restored to it’s Branch County Customers on Thursday. Consumers says this morning that there are now just 214 outages in the county, that’s down from over 1,700 yesterday afternoon. Around the area 136 remain without power in Hillsdale County, 214 in St. Joseph County, 409 in Jackson County, 562 in Calhoun County and 195 in Kalamazoo County. System wide Consu…

Update: Flood warning affecting Branch County until early Thursday morning due to persistent rainfall

On Wednesday at 10:19 p.m. EDT the National Weather Service released an updated flood warning in effect until Thursday at 4:30 a.m. EDT for Branch County.The weather service describes, “Urban area and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected for portions of Indiana, including Allen IN, De Kalb, Elkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko, Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash and Whitley and southwest Michigan, including Branch county counti…

KCCA upgrades to a Flood Watch • Kettle Creek Conservation Authority

St. Thomas – Environment Canada is monitoring the widespread rainfall and mixed precipitation event due to a moisture laden Colorado low pressure system that is slowly making its way across the province. Rainfall intensity will increase overnight Wednesday before the system moves out of the area early Thursday morning.  Cumulative rainfall amounts of 50 to 60mm are expected with potentially higher amounts due to possible embedded thunderstorm ac…