Michigan
Memorial Day weekend rain, storms in SE Michigan: What to expect
4Warn Weather – Grab the sunglasses and sunscreen again! Today will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs will be in the low 80s across Metro Detroit, and the 70s in the Thumb region.
The day will remain dry before wet weather arrives late tonight.
Tonight’s sunset is at 8:57 p.m.
Scattered showers and storms are possible late Friday night into Saturday morning.
Tracking rain, storms this weekend
We’ll have a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) for severe weather early Saturday morning.
The risk for severe weather will be stronger on the west side of the state.
The leading edge of that line of showers and possible storms will edge into the western part of our area around 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. Those showers will become widespread by 4 a.m., and should push out around 6 a.m.
Another line of showers may brush through Metro Detroit around 8 a.m.-9 a.m., and should move out of the area by 11 a.m. or so.
Saturday afternoon will be dry and sunny. Highs will be in the mid-70s to near 80 degrees.
Most of Sunday will also be dry for Metro Detroit. Highs will also be in the mid-70s to near 80 degrees.
Rain and storm chances return Sunday afternoon at around 4 p.m. for Metro Detroit. Rain is possible earlier in the day for those on the west side of the state.
Wet weather will likely be widespread through Sunday evening, and into Monday morning. Most of Southeast Michigan — those along and south of I-69 — will be under a marginal risk level (level 1 of 5) for severe weather on Sunday.
Rain continues into next week
We’ll be slightly cooler on Memorial day as highs fall to more seasonal low and mid-70s by Monday. We’ll struggle hover around 70 degrees early next week.
Periods of rain are expected on Monday, particularly in the morning but possibly into midday. Rain chances will linger into Tuesday.
Memorial Day weekend travel
Catching a flight Friday morning? No major airport delays were being reported, even with the strong storms heading toward the Great Lakes out of the Plains.
Heading Up North for the holiday weekend? Partly sunny conditions are forecasted in northern Lower Michigan, with chances for showers each day and highs in the 60s to low 70s.
Elsewhere …
Nationally, heavy rain and severe weather chances extend from the Midwest to the southern Plains on Friday. Severe weather then develops across the central/southern Plains Saturday evening before shifting into parts of the mid-Mississippi and Ohio valleys on Sunday. Potentially record-breaking heat continues across southern Texas, the Gulf Coast, and southern Florida through Memorial Day.
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Henry Ford Health surgeons perform 1st beating-heart transplants in Michigan
With the beating-heart transplant technique, the donor heart does not have to be stopped a second time; it keeps beating as it is placed inside the patient.
DETROIT (FOX 2) – Michigan’s first two beating-heart transplants took place at Henry Ford Health in Detroit recently.
On his 58th birthday, Ken Miller of Ferndale was given the news that he would be undergoing the first-ever beating-heart transplant in the state.
Now, he is in the process of recovering.
“I didn’t expect to be feeling this well,” Miller said. “I’m feeling great and blessed.”
Miller had been in heart failure for more than a decade. He spent 25 days in a hospital bed, on a machine, prior to receiving his new heart –and a kidney– on May 31.
“I’m really excited about this outcome and excited about how well this heart worked,” said cardiac transplant surgeon at Henry Ford Health, Dr. Kyle Miletic.
Ken Miller of Ferndale underwent Michigan’s first ever beating-heart transplant on May 31, 2024. (Provided by Henry Ford Health)
Heart transplantation has come a long way.
Generally, a donor heart is good for about four hours, which limits how far away a donor heart can come from. However, the “heart in a box” technology has been a breakthrough – which is a mini heart lung machine that keeps the heart beating.
But still, the heart has to be stopped, twice, before being transplanted.
“We are always very concerned every time we have to stop the heart. Now, it’s inevitable. It’s going to have to be stopped once at the donor hospital to put it on this box, but the problem is we have to stop it a second time,” Miletic said.
That can be problematic. But with the beating heart transplant technique, the donor heart does not have to be stopped a second time; it keeps beating.
“We hooked the donor heart up to his own blood stream. Once it came from the box, his blood was providing that blood and the nutrients to his new heart, and we sewed it in again as it was beating,” Miletic said.
Henry Ford surgeons performed a second beating-heart transplant just last week. That heart came from about 2,000 miles away.
“Despite being the furthest distance we’ve ever traveled – really woke up right away with no issues, and that patient is doing extremely well and has excellent cardiac function,” the doctor said.
The new technique is not only revolutionary for heart transplant patients, but liver and lung patients as well.
As for Miller, he’s ready to get back on his feet and back to his family.
“I look forward to just being able to move, walk, go upstairs,” he said. “All the things we take for granted.”
FRUITLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Storms Tuesday morning forced Michigan’s Adventure to close for the day.
The park closed “due to a power outage and inclement weather,” it announced on its Facebook page. It said most tickets for Tuesday will be honored through Labor Day.
“Thank you for understanding,” it wrote.
A line of strong storms swept through West Michigan Tuesday morning, leaving tens of thousands without power. Damage from the storms included downed trees and broken windows at a Grand Rapids post office.
Consumers Energy crews will be working throughout the day to restore power. Some may not have power back until Wednesday, a Consumers Energy spokesperson told News 8.
Michigan’s Adventure isn’t the only West Michigan closure. Some local schools and churches, including many in Kent County, have canceled summer activities for the day.
MARYSVILLE, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — A Michigan home went viral on TikTok after the homeowners documented what they discovered under their indoor jacuzzi.
“I want to jump in first off, I guess, to be honest,” said Trevor Gilmartin as he recalled the moment he and his wife Hayley found a hole beneath their hot tub. “We did some testing to make sure the water was OK to get in.”
Ironically, scuba diving is a hobby of both he and his wife, so he had the gear to dive in. The couple documented their discovery on TikTok, where the video has amassed nearly 30 million views.
But many wondered what the nearly 20-foot deep hole was.
“Getting in it was like, every inch was OK, I can do this, you know. Nothing’s bit me yet,” Gilmartin said.
Gilmartin said the conversion into a home happened in 1979. He only knew about the water pumping station from a newspaper clipping passed on to him by the previous owner of the home.
What he didn’t know was what lay underneath the jacuzzi on the other side of his living room.
He and his wife tell CBS News Detroit it’s still fun to think about other possible historic landmarks the home could have been, even prior to the water pumping station.
“I do not want to cover it up. I know we have a lot of space here that we aren’t using. I know we have a lot of space here that we’re not using from the house, so if we have to cover it up I’d like to somehow make something that can access it. If I want to, even if for the next 10 years you know,” Gilmartin said when discussing possible next steps.
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