Abbott Laboratories baby formula plant stops EleCare production after storm causes flooding, NBC News says

STURGIS, MIchigan – A powerful storm that slammed Michigan and other states earlier this week forced parts of a key baby formula manufacturing plant in Michigan to halt production, the plant’s owner said Wednesday.

The announcement from Abbott Laboratories came after the months-long closure of the same plant in Sturgis prompted a severe shortage in formula products across the United States. Production of EleCare and other specialty and metabolic formulas had restarted at the Sturgis plant on June 4.

In a statement Wednesday, the company said it stopped production of EleCare after torrential storms overwhelmed the city’s stormwater system and flooded parts of the plant.

Read the full report from NBC News.