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Seventeen Inches in Six Hours | Detroit News
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Kelleys Island in Lake Erie got slammed with seventeen inches of rain in just six hours — a historic, once-in-a-thousand-years storm that turned the tiny island into a flooded nightmare. The culprit? A stalled storm system that refused to move, combined with unusually warm lake waters that supercharged its power. Roads vanished under water, basements overflowed, and life ground to a halt — as if half a year’s rain fell overnight. But amid the chaos, the community rose up: locals, first responders, and volunteers banded together to clean up and rebuild. This wasn’t just about weather — it was a powerful reminder of human resilience when nature throws its weight behind a storm.
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