GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- With flood waters surging across the region, authorities are warning everyone to stay away from the Grand River.

Surfing is definitely out of the question.

Officers responded to a report of a man surfing — on a surfboard — just south of the fish ladder early Thursday afternoon, April 17.

Police found a man surfing in the Grand River Thursday, April 18, as flood waters continued to rise to dangerous levels. MLive reader David Stephenson captured this photo.

His fun didn't last long. Police quickly ceased the adventurous pursuit.

Elsewhere, five children were rescued from a car on Alpine Avenue just south of Ann Street after an adult driver found her Pontiac Aztec stuck in standing water.

The Grand River has swelled to near-record levels forecasters say could hit 24.76 feet by Monday, several feet higher than the 19.5-foot record.

In Wyoming, city staff have set up a 24-hour toll free hotline to deal with flooding emergency. City leaders have declared a state of emergency there and evacuated two neighborhoods near U.S. 131 and 54th Street.