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The Milwaukee area had an areal flood warning over the weekend. What is an areal flood?
One of the multiple flood warnings and watches from the National Weather Service over Aug. 9-10 was for areal flooding. What ...
Milwaukee area flooding: Flooding resources, FEMA aid, closures from severe weather in southeast Wisconsin
Follow live updates from journalists at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as they report on additional flooding, cleanup efforts and closures on Aug. 11.
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Milwaukee continues recovering from historic flood event
Milwaukee residents are continuing to clean up debris and assess damage after a "summer's worth of rain" fell in just one ...
Milwaukee flood response; open drop-off centers support storm recovery
The Milwaukee Department of Public Works is responding to flooding impacts throughout the city and starting with opening its ...
Why did Milwaukee flood? City recorded second-wettest day in 154 years on Saturday, Aug. 9
The intense storms that swept through Milwaukee on Saturday, Aug. 9, developed rapidly — dumping more than 10 inches of rain in some areas.
'It kept coming': Residents, across Milwaukee area recount devastating floods, begin cleanup
Cleanup from widespread flash flooding continued as meteorologists calculated the two-day storm caused a 1,000-year flood.
Flash-flooding threats move into the Plains, Atlantic Coast as Wisconsin mops up
Residents from the Great Plains to the southern Atlantic Coast are bracing for flash flooding on Monday after up to 14 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time over the weekend in parts of ...