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.

More severe weather could hit the Chicago area on Friday after a round of storms moved through on Thursday. Pockets of heavy rain and storms continued to linger in the area on Friday morning. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7.

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.

The heavy rain could start as early as late tonight across the eastern U.P., with a better chance for heavy rain in the central U.P. Saturday afternoon and early evening.

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.

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.

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.