Wauwatosa Residents Face Unprecedented Flooding, as Backyards Transform Into Waterways

Milwaukee County recovering from record-breaking flooding

By: Isiah Holmes Neighborhoods across Milwaukee County are continuing to recover from record-shattering flooding over the weekend. Inundated basements, entire portions of Wauwatosa seemingly underwater, people fleeing the Wisconsin State Fair which shut down early amid rising floodwater and reports of cars literally floating away down roadways all followed the torrential downpour which began Aug. 9. The National Weather Service recorded 5.74 inc…

Heavy rainfall leads to massive flooding in Wauwatosa

Severe flooding in Wauwatosa resulted in multiple business closures as residents observed the Menomonee River overflow.

Wauwatosa residents face unprecedented flooding, as backyards transform into waterways

The weekend storms brought flooding to areas all across Southeastern Wisconsin, including to Wauwatosa and the Menomonee River. That level of flooding is something neighbors say hasn't happened in their recent memory."I graduated from Tosa East in 1984, and I've never seen anything like this. This is wild," Brandon Tessmer said. The flooding in Wauwatosa reached an intense level with parts of the Menomonee River Parkway underwater for hundreds o…