The Grand River hit a record crest of 21.9 feet on April 21st 2013, beating the previous 1985 record by over two feet.
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State of emergency declared by Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell Saturday, May 20th due to the record water levels that could have high impact on surrounding infrastructural.
The water was so high that it came up to the windows of the Old Town Riverfront building (see in video). The high waters even caused the Plaza Towers, one of west Michigan's highest residential buildings, to be evacuated; that's over 1000 people.
Over the weekend volunteers quickly filled sandbags to protect the threatened Grand Rapids Public Museum. Residence were also allowed to take up to 100 sandbags to protect their own homes.
