Around 14 million people from Kansas to Wisconsin are under flood alerts this weekend as rounds of heavy rain continue to cause severe flash flooding across the Midwest, forcing the Wisconsin State Fair to cancel many of its events.
The flooding has directly impacted southern Wisconsin, including the Milwaukee metropolitan area. On Saturday evening, 24 preliminary storm reports came in for the Upper Midwest, including 80 to 90 mph wind gusts in the Omaha area.
Some of the highest rainfall totals in the past 24 hours were in the Milwaukee area, where west of the city recorded 8 to 11 inches of rain…