US EditionDriver Hangs Out of Car Window to Ask for Help in Milwaukee Flood
A state emergency followed record rain as crews rescued a woman and child from a submerged vehicle and closed highway sections.
- On Wednesday night, record rainfall caused severe flooding in Milwaukee, trapping drivers in submerged vehicles; video showed a woman and child being rescued from a car.
- Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency Monday after storms brought heavy rain and strong winds across the Midwest region.
- In Ann Arbor, Michigan, powerful storms damaged school buildings and Yost Ice Arena, while wind gusts reached 70 mph at University of Michigan's football stadium.
- Milwaukee police arrived Wednesday to assist rescue operations, using a chain to pull a Chrysler from floodwaters as officers removed stranded vehicles one by one.
- As the Wisconsin River rises toward about 20 feet, officials monitor levees protecting Portage, a city of about 10,000 residents; Scott Heintzelman of Michigan's fisheries division called a power outage killing 1,750 steelhead trout a "devastating event.
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Floodwaters inundate Wisconsin streets, trapping drivers, as Midwest rebuilds after storms - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Floodwaters from record rainfall in Wisconsin inundated streets Wednesday, trapping drivers and forcing officials to close sections of a highway, as other Midwestern states worked to rebuild after storms. Cars were stranded in high floodwater on a highway in Milwaukee and video shared by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel showed a woman and child being rescued from a vehicle. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office posted onlin…
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Santa Maria TimesFloodwaters inundate Wisconsin streets, trapping drivers, as Midwest rebuilds after powerful storms
Floodwaters from record rainfall in Wisconsin have inundated streets, trapping drivers and forcing officials to close sections of a highway. Meanwhile, other midwestern states worked Wednesday to rebuild after powerful storms. Cars were stranded in high floodwater on a highway…
Floodwaters inundate Wisconsin streets, trapping drivers, as Midwest rebuilds after storms
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Floodwaters from record rainfall in Wisconsin inundated streets Wednesday, trapping drivers and forcing officials to close sections of a highway, as other Midwestern states worked to rebuild after storms.Cars were stranded in high floodwater on a highway in Milwaukee and video shared by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel showed a woman and child being rescued from a vehicle.The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office posted online …
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