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>> Communities across
Wisconsin were hit with

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severe weather, with record
floods hitting the Milwaukee

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area as the state awaits
word on any federal aid,

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those on the ground got to
work doing what they could.

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>> I woke up in the middle
of the night about 3 a.m.

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Something just told me to
check the basement. As soon

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as I got down there, my
worst nightmare.

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>> Milwaukee and Waukesha
County residents experienced

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a living nightmare.
>> When I got down there, I

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was checking the water drain
and water was just gushing

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out of it. You know, I tried
to put pressure on it like

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it was an open wound or
something.

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led to historic flooding,
the deluge of water

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overwhelmed storm drains
caused flash floods, knocked

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out power, damaged homes,
submerged cars and crumbled

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roads. No deaths have been
reported to have been caused

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by flooding during the
intense rainfall. Some areas

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experienced 10 to 13in of
rain in a matter of hours,

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categorizing it as a 1000
year flood, a record for the

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area, second only to
flooding in 2008. Governor

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Tony Evers called it
unprecedented and declared a

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state of emergency for flash
flooding and storm damage

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across the state. The
governor also requested FEMA

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support as Wisconsin
Emergency Management said an

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initial state and local
damage review suggests

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Wisconsin meets the
threshold for federal aid. A

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formal presidential
declaration is needed before

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any federal assistance will
be provided. But there's

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some damage. Financial aid
won't fix.

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>> My father had recently
passed, and I had all of his

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boxes down in the basement,
so a lot of memories got