OF SUN LATER ON.
KIM NOW WITH "4 LIVE TRAFFIC."
WOW, IT'S BEEN A MORNING!
>> Kim: IT'S TOUGH OUT THERE.
GOOD NEWS, EASTBOUND AND
WESTBOUND I-96 AT EVERGREEN IS
BACK OPEN.
EASTBOUND I-696 AT GROESBECK IS
STILL CLOSED BECAUSE OF
FLOODING.
AND LET'S LOOK AT YOUR COMMUTE
CLOSED.
USE LITTLE MACK INSTEAD.
AND WESTBOUND LANES OF I-94
CLOSED AT 9 MILE.
EXIT AT 10 MILE AND USE HARPER
OR GRATIOT TO AVOID THAT
CLOSURE.
AND WE'RE STILL FOLLOWING THIS
CLOSURE ON THE LODGE.
THE NORTHBOUND LANES CLOSED AT
JEFFERSON.
IN THE MEANTIME, TAKE MICHIGAN
AVENUE TO THE LODGE INSTEAD.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON ALL
THE CLOSURES RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL
4.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Evrod: IF YOU ARE HEADED
DOWNTOWN THIS MORNING, YOU
DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE IT SLOW
NEAR COBO CENTER AT JEFFERSON.
THERE IS FLOODING RIGHT THERE
ALONG THE LODGE.
>> Rhonda: THE AREA OF LARNED,
THE EXIT THERE, A LOT OF FOLKS
USE THAT TO GET INTO THE DOUBT
DOWNTOWN AREA, SO BE CAREFUL!
IT'S AN AREA WE USED TO GET TO
THE LOCAL 4 STUDIOS AND WE
ENCOUNTERED STANDING WATER.
MORNING.
>> Evrod: NICK MONACELLI HAS
BEEN OUT IN THE ELEMENTS AND
STRAPPED ON THE WADERS AND HAS A
HAT ON THIS MORNING, BASICALLY
KEEPING US UPDATED ON ALL THE
STREETS, FREEWAYS, AND EVEN
BASEMENTS THAT ARE FLOODED.
>> Rhonda: THIS IS A
HEARTBREAKER.
ONE COMMUNITY CANNOT GET A BREAK
ON DETROIT'S EAST SIDE.
>> Nick: NO, THEY CAN'T.
WE'VE BEEN ALONG I-696 SHOWING
YOU THE FLOODING AND WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
THOSE AREAS ARE STARTING TO
CLEAR UP.
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE LEFT TO
DEAL WITH.
WE'RE IN A HOME ON THE EAST SIDE
OF DETROIT, PRETTY CLOSE TO LAKE
ST. CLAIR, OFF OF JEFFERSON.
AND THIS IS ONE HOME'S BASEMENT.
LOOK AROUND HERE, HOW BAD THIS
IS.
AND THIS IS -- I'M GONNA SAY
THIS IS PROBABLY 4-5 INCHES
DEEP, AND THIS IS -- IF YOU LOOK
AROUND, THE FAMILY HAS BEEN
WORKING ON THIS HOME.
THIS IS SOMETHING THEY KEEP
HAVING ISSUES WITH, KEEP CUTTING
OUT THE DRYWALL AND REPLACE THIS
STUFF BUT CAN'T CATCH A BREAK.
WE HAVE VIDEO OF OTHER HOMES IN
THIS.
THE RAIN HAS BEEN A REAL PROBLEM
FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS THINGS
BASEMENTS.
AND WE HAVE VIDEO TO PROVE WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT OF THESE HOMES
ONE MONTH AGO. IT LOOKS
IDENTICAL, THE SAME THINGS KEEP
HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BREAK.
AS WE LOOK AT THIS BASEMENT,
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE A YEAR AGO,
NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD AT ALL.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF
THEM, A LOT OF PUMPING, A LOT OF
BAILING TO DO OUT OF HERE.
AS WE LOOK LIVE, YOU CAN SEE
WHAT THINGS ARE LIKE.
THERE'S THE WASHING MACHINE AND
THERE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW DEEP THE WATER
IS.
THERE IS GOODNEWS, THOUGH, THE
GOOD NEWS IN ALL OF THIS, THE
WINE IS OKAY.
WE CAN CELEBRATE!
THE CHAMPAGNE -- THEY'VE GOT A
LOT OF WORK TO DO.
A LOT OF BELONGINGS ARE UPSTAIRS
UNFORTUNATELY.
THIS IS CERTAINLY A HEADACHE, AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE.
WE'RE LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE,
TODAY."
>> Rhonda: AND NOT JUST THAT
HOME BUT OTHERS, AS WELL.
THEY PROBABLY WANT TO OPEN A
BOTTLE OF WINE LOOKING AT ALL
THE WATER THERE.
NICK, THANK YOU.
>>> AND LOOK AT THIS MESS FROM
EARLIER THIS MORNING.
A FED EX TRUCK FILLED WITH
PACKAGES AND A VEHICLE CRASHED
IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF I-75
AT SCHAEFER.
OVERNIGHT AFTER THE ACCIDENT BUT
SEVERAL PACKAGES, AS YOU JUST