The Brief
- Powerful storms struck southeastern Wisconsin on Tuesday, causing scattered damage across the region.
- On Wednesday morning, the We Energies outage map showed more than 26,000 customers without power.
- The FOX6 Weather Experts say Wednesday should turn into a pretty comfortable August day with partly cloudy skies.
MILWAUKEE – Severe storms swept through southeastern Wisconsin on Tuesday, Aug. 18, leaving a trail of damage across the area.
The We Energies outage map on Wednesday morning showed more than 26,000 customers were without power after thunderstorms rolled across the area Tuesday.
Storm damage
What we know:
FOX6 News spoke with a Milwaukee man whose girlfriend’s car was crushed by a fallen tree near Girard and Appleton.
FOX6 viewer Meysha B. shared video from the area of 97th and Metcalf in Milwaukee as a severe storm hit southeast Wisconsin Tuesday night. This viewer almost had a tree branch fall on her car. …