Michigan residents should prepare for a potentially stormy Saturday with a high risk of severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across multiple regions of the state.

Insurance brokers say more people are asking whether they should buy flood insurance -- even if they don’t live in a high-risk areas.

Radar shows the rain is coming down at a rate of a half-inch to 1.5 inches per hour, according to the National Weather Service.

Heavy smoke is visible coming from Manteo Friday afternoon. These pictures shared with News 3 were taken in the channel on the backside of Manteo.

The threat of flash flooding returned to North Carolina on Thursday, only days after Tropical Depression Chantal dumped heavy rain across the central part of the state, flooding homes and highways and leading to dozens of rescues.

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Our bigger concern will be the chance for flooding Saturday due to the heavy rainfall. We expect showers and storms to be very efficient at producing heavy rain. Due to this, there is a Slight Risk for flash flooding across a wide swath of the state.

A heavy police presence was spotted in the area of Maple and Suffolk Streets in Holyoke late Friday afternoon.