CASS COUNTY — On Saturday, pockets of heavy rainfall throughout the morning and early afternoon caused dirt-colored streams to engulf Oil City Road in Cassopolis and other areas in the county and forced several area residents to evacuate or be rescued from their homes.

Sheds, boats, propane tanks and other large items were washed out in the flood, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. Two water rescues occurred — one on Union Road in Cassopolis where a vehicle entered deep water and stalled. The occupants then climbed onto the roof the vehicle, called 9-1-1 and waited for emergency responders.

“Everybody was rescued safely and after the water subsided, most of them were able to return to their residences,” said Captain Tom Jacobs of the Cass County Sheriff’s Department.

Around 6 inches of rain accumulated over the weekend and still many of the roadways and culverts in Cass County remain inoperable, damaged or destroyed. The following roads are closed:

• Oil City Davis Lake Street to Ashton
• Mt. Zion Stewart to Calvin Center
• Cassopolis Crooked Creek to Osborn
• Mason Street Calvin Center to Tharp Lake
• Bulhand Lamb to Calvin Center, one lane closed

There are also previously closed roads that will continue to be closed due to prior flooding:

• Carter Lake Street Birch to Baldwin Prairie
• Wade Road Chain Lake to Mt. Zion
• McKenzie Street Lawrence to Goff Lake

Some roads are still flooded:

• Davis Lake Lane to Ashton
• North Shore Davis Lake to Calvin Hill
• Chapel Hill Tharp Lake to Calvin Center
• Tharp Lake Chapel Hill to Hawks Street

“If you travel on a road and there’s water there and there’s damage underneath, it will just cause more damage to it and can create a hazardous situation if the roadway gives away,” Jacobs said.

Some roads are so damaged that driving on them would be impossible, such as those near Davis Lake in Edwardsburg, which look as if they were rattled by an earthquake and left cracked and displaced.

The Cass County Michigan Emergency Management team shared a form on its Facebook page for residents to fill out if their home or property was damaged by flooding. That way, the county can assess the amount of damage done and provide aid when possible.

“A lot of people are still trying to recover from the February flooding,” said David Smith, the Cass County Emergency Management coordinator. “We have a big area of concern down at Pleasant Lake. Those people have been dealing with this issue since February, and it’s not improving. They still have water in their basements and crawl spaces, so we’re kind of doing a re-assessment on where are we right now with the February flooding, plus any new issues that we are unaware of.”

Limited rainfall is expected through Tuesday, according to Michael Skipper, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. This should give the Cass County time to dry out and the water levels to lower before more rain comes this weekend.

“The amount of the moisture in the atmosphere actually starts going up late this week again,” Skipper said. “It actually drops down tomorrow night and then it comes back up on Friday. By Friday night, it’s really high again. If you get a storm in that environment, it can produce a pretty good rainfall.”

Skipper and National Weather Service will update their website with information regarding future flooding as soon as possible. If there is heavy rainfall this weekend, Cass County residents can check the “Hazardous Weather Outlook” section on weather.gov to see if there is possible danger in their area.