MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — While they know their next several days will be spent removing ruined belongings, Khalia Carter and her family said they were grateful Monday afternoon.
After a record-breaking flood event dropped as much as 14 inches of rain on Milwaukee’s northwest side, the Lincoln Creek transformed from a stream to a mighty river one block north of Carter’s home near N. 62nd St. and W. Villard Ave.
The sudden surge of water completely filled their basement, and around 3 a.m. Sunday, Carter said she, her husband, and her uncle carried her four kids, all ages six and younger, to safety through waist-high water in the street…