Residents have pointed out where beaches are shrinking, he said.Homeowners are split into a few different categories, he said: Those who attempt to save their homes at a great expense, and others who are paying to have them demolished instead.One home, just over the Indiana-Michigan border in the Michigan village of Michana, is one that appears to stick out into the water.The house is surrounded by boulders that extend the property out into Lake Michigan. Lakeshore flood advisory for December 12-13, 2019 … Dec 17, 2019 Dec 17 ... Indiana won't declare an emergency exists as a result of massive beach erosion along Lake Michigan caused by high water levels and powerful storms. His concerns over erosion come as Lake Michigan water levels are at a near-high. ... from 264 in the 2014 fiscal year, to 836 in the 2019 fiscal year. "The lake has taken 70-pound anchors — ripped them right out of the shoreline.The lake's high water levels have been caused by above average rainfall the past few years. Of those, 315 are for work along Lake Michigan in the Lower Peninsula.Krieger said he has seen other places with drastic changes in the area of South Haven and at parks in Berrrien County, including Silver Beach. He is working to document impacts to properties and would like to produce a video that shows some of the struggles.He photographed changes as Dune Lane, a road leading to a dead end in a residential area overlooking the water, fell piece by piece over the cliff above the lake. “You can imagine, this was all vegetated, there were probably 15 or 20 fairly large trees up here that have now fallen into the lake.”We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. Residents up and down the shore are noticing impacts from falling trees and staircases, and to other structures that have to be moved or face falling over a cliff.Krieger, a video editor who said he has worked on television shows including Catfish, began filming videos with his drone to document the impacts of high water on Lake Michigan. Like many in Southwest Michigan, he goes to his favorite spots along the water’s edge to take in the views as the waves crash down on the shore.But when he visited some of his favorite spots this year, he noticed some big changes tied to erosion impacting property along the big lake.With high water levels observed this year, Lake Michigan is impacting properties. The Weather Company’s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects the lake to Many homeowners have applied for permits to build seawalls and other protective structures. Waves can be seen lapping at the rocks around the home sitting on its own minor peninsula, as other neighboring lots with beachfront views are pushed inland. Given the expected wind direction and wind speed, there will be one stretch of Lake Michigan that endures more beach erosion. He saw devastation along the high bluffs, where some property owners have had homes for decades, and where the Lake Michigan shoreline seems to creep ever forward through their backyards and beaches, swallowing valuable land.“I’ve seen staircases broken in half, boat houses nearing the edge of the water,” he said.The most devastation is on the high cliffs overlooking the lake, he said, where he has seen homes that have been there for decades that are being taken down. This house in Park Township, Michigan, is in danger of falling off the cliff.

An estimate shows the lake levels will be higher next spring, he said.The number of permit applications for work along the Lake Michigan shoreline has trended up over the past five fiscal years, according to numbers Assendelft provided, from 264 in the 2014 fiscal year, to 836 in the 2019 fiscal year.For just the first quarter of the state’s fiscal year — from Oct. 1, 2019, to Jan. 1, 2020 — EGLE has received 452 permit applications for work along the Great Lakes shorelines all around Michigan.

“The waves wouldn’t be able to get all the way to the bottom of those big dunes if the Lake Michigan levels weren’t at these long-term highs," Andy Dixon, a NWS hydrologist in Grand Rapids, told Michigan Live.The Oct. 16 storm ate away up to 30 feet of dune along parts of the shore, the NWS said.Across the lake in Somer, Wisconsin, a home has dangled on a cliff edge for months. Denis Schrier of Manistee, Michigan, is one of those waiting for a permit since losing his wooden staircase.“This bluff actually changes almost everyday now,” he told the public radio station. All rights reserved (