Milwaukee neighborhood hit with 14 inches of rain in historic flood

MILWAUKEE (WISN) — A historic rainfall event has devastated a Milwaukee neighborhood. The flooding near 58th Street and Thurston Avenue, about two blocks from Lincoln Creek, caused extensive damage to homes,

Trammell Fontaine, whose home was severely damaged, described the rapid onset of flooding.

“My car was completely submerged. Within 30 minutes, the whole house was completely flooded,” Fontaine said. “It was coming through the trim, through the vents, everything just wrong right now at this moment.”…

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