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Midland begins flood cleanup

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Many people in Midland County will be spending their Memorial Day Holiday Weekend cleaning up from this week’s massive flood.

The hum of generators can be heard throughout Midland County.

Many are pumping water from flooded basements,like Audrey Jennings’ parents’ home in Midland,which had eight feet of water in its basement. 

She expects the family will be cleaning up the mess all weekend...

“Unfortunately, we’re going to be ripping out everything out that we can.  Just trying to get air circulating...dry everything up so we can get people in there to look at the damage.”

Just down the street....Harold Lefler and his grand kids are mucking out the home his parents built in 1947.

He says this is the third time it’s flooded. Lefler says once he’s had a chance to repair the damage...he’s selling it. 

Steve Carmody has been a reporter for Michigan Radio since 2005. Steve previously worked at public radio and television stations in Florida, Oklahoma and Kentucky, and also has extensive experience in commercial broadcasting. During his two and a half decades in broadcasting, Steve has won numerous awards, including accolades from the Associated Press and Radio and Television News Directors Association. Away from the broadcast booth, Steve is an avid reader and movie fanatic.