Waves more than a foot high crashed into the shoreline Wednesday, tossing boulders and debris onto the lake walk and flooding nearby streets.

The damage comes about a year after a storm caused an estimated $10 million in damage along the lakefront.

The city closed Canal Park, a popular tourist area near the lake, as well as Brighton Beach farther up the shore.

Owners and employees of Vikre Distillery, near iconic lift bridge, left the business Wednesday, fearing it might not be safe to stick around.

In Cook County, near the Canadian border, officials closed County Road 69 in Hovland because of high water.

Flooding and damage extended up the lake’s north shore into Wisconsin. Highway 169 was flooding in Ashland County where a flood advisory remained in effect.

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